The ten thousand torments of a termagant display'd: in a speech made by a gentleman to the Senate of Athens. Praying That their Lordships would permit Him to Hang Himself, in order to get rid of a Scolding Wife; And that his Relations might be exempted from the Penalty of a Confiscation of his Goods, usually exacted in Cases of Self-Murder

All titles

• The ten thousand torments of a termagant display'd: in a speech made by a gentleman to the Senate of Athens. Praying That their Lordships would permit Him to Hang Himself, in order to get rid of a Scolding Wife; And that his Relations might be exempted from the Penalty of a Confiscation of his Goods, usually exacted in Cases of Self-Murder
• De muliere loquaci. English

People / Organizations

• Libanius. (Author)
• Thomas Payne ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for T. Payne, at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row, [1740?]

Publication year

1740

ESTC No.

T135309

Grub Street ID

183747

Description

xii,36p. ; 12°.

Note

Libanius' oration translated from Latin (the source for Ben Jonson's 'Volpse')

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.