Essays, relating to the conduct of life: upon the following subjects. Viz. On self government in general. Choice of a Wife. Choice of a Husband. Circumstances of Husband and Wife. Education of Children. The Station of Life eligible. The Friend and Pretended Friend. The Honest Man. Women and their Vices, with Instructions for their Behaviour. Beauty, and Beauties of the Mind. Single Life and Matrimony. Fortune and Chance. Prosperity and Adversity. Hope and Fear. Courage and Cowardise. Passion, and its Consequences. Slander, and its chief Causes. Thought. Flattery, and its Designs. Gentility. Virtue. The Man truly Great.

People / Organizations

• Edmund Curll ("printed for")
• Giles Jacob (Author)

Imprint

London: printed, for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, [1717]

Publication year

1717-1717

ESTC No.

T67384

Grub Street ID

291971

Description

[12],84p. ; 12⁰

Note

Attributed to Giles Jacob.

Comprises 21 essays.

Price from imprint: price 1 s.

Uncontrolled note

Attrib. from Watt, cf. also t33506