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Adultery - Early works to 1800

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    Thoughts on the frequency of divorces in modern times , and on the necessity of legislative exertion, to prevent their increasing prevalence. By Adam Sibbit, M.A.

    Sibbit, Adam, b. 1760 or 61. | Date: 1800
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    The fatal consequences of political adultery display'd

    | Date: 1743?]
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    God's revenge against the crying and execrable sin of adultery, express'd in ten several tragical histories. Shewing The Various Stratagems, Subtile Practices, and Deluding Oratory, used by many Gentlemen, to seduce Young Ladies to their Unlawful Pleasures. To which we added the triumphs of chastity. In some Heroick Examples, and Delightful Histories. The whole Illustrated with several Elegant Epistles, relating to Love and Galantry, and proper Cuts to each History. By John Reynolds

    Wright, Thomas, M.A., of St. Peters Colledge in Cambridge. | Date: 1708
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    An answer to the question , Where are your Arguments against, what you call, Lewdness, if you make no use of the Bible?.

    Bolton, Robert, 1697-1763. | Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]
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    A modest apology for the prevailing practice of adultery

    | Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
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