The pleasures of human life : investigated cheerfully, elucidated satirically, promulgated explicitly, and discussed philosophically. In a dozen dissertations on male, female, and neuter pleasures. Interspersed with various anecdotes, and expounded by numerous annotations. / By Hilaris Benevolus, & Co.

John Britton

Date:: 1807

Credit: The pleasures of human life : investigated cheerfully, elucidated satirically, promulgated explicitly, and discussed philosophically. In a dozen dissertations on male, female, and neuter pleasures. Interspersed with various anecdotes, and expounded by numerous annotations. / By Hilaris Benevolus, & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Page {A BRACE OF PUPPIES; or, My DoG AND ME. plate, 158] Another fop ; or, second-rate coxcomb : his genius, talents, and profound erudition 5 with a dialogue between Master Bobby and his mother . . 165 to 169 Fashionable Vocabulary ; ; or, new interpretations to OAL WORAA GAME a eM oe Gite a nse timccth eae 4 wi DISSERTATION IX. PLEASURES OF FASHION, CONTINUED: . «Bails, Assemblies, Diincing, the St. Vitus’ Family, Wigs, Driving, Sc. Heels and heads, with the superiority of the former 173 A ball-room is a rendezvous of jumpers. . . « .« 174 Contrasts, and COCKNEYSHIRE . . + » + « + (7% The St. Vitus’ family like aspen leaves . . . + + 177 A bull’s head, wig’s and extinguishers . . + + - 178 Disappointment : a new dance «os ce) a 2 6 - 179 The hot-bed of love—and chapel of ease . . . » 180 Driving ; elevation ; humility ; and coachmen. . . 18% [FaswionarLe DRIVING; OF, the PLEASURES OF BonpD-STREET pl.WJ] so se # 2 2 e+ + 182 ‘Dexterity ; gaming; with an apology for the latter . 183 A female shaking her elbow—Greeks . . . . - 184 ‘The terms of gamester and cheat, synonymous®. . ~ 185 _ Consequences of gaming illustrated, in an account Universality of gaming . « Yi. - 188 pe fs$

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