An essay in defence of the female sex ... In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady / Written by a lady [i.e. Mrs. Drake].

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An essay in defence of the female sex ... In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady / Written by a lady [i.e. Mrs. Drake].