Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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An epistle to the fair-sex , On the Subject of Drinking. In which the particular consequences of this most prevailing custom are fully and fairly expos'd in the following characters, viz. In a young woman of quality. A gentleman's daughter. The daughter of a rich tradesma Of a middling Tradesman. Of a common Tradesman. A House-Keeper. A Lady's-Woman. A common Servant. A married Lady of Quality. A Gentleman's Lady. The Wife of a Clergyman. Of an eminent Tradesman. Of a middling Tradesman. Of a common Tradesman. Of a Captain. A Wife engaged in separate Business. A Wife keeping a Publick-House. In Nurses of all kinds. In a Widow Lady of Quality. Left in narrow Circumstances. Left to carry on Business. Of a Clergyman or Officer. The whole intended to reclaim such as have inadvertently fallen into this pernicious practice; and to prevent others from being corrupted by their examples.
Date: M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]- E-books
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A vindication of a pamphlet lately published, intituled The tryal of the spirits Together with some observations relating to the West-India trade, and the Encouragement of our Sugar Colonies abroad, and our useful Manufactures at home. Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Esq; Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons. By Adam Holden, of Greéwich.
Holden, AdamDate: 1736- E-books
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A proper reply to a scandalous libel, intituled, The trial of the spirits . In a letter to the worshipful author.
T. S.Date: [1736]