Name Essays
Description

Prose compositions, remarks, critical reflections, or guides on any particular subject.

Titles

Displaying 226–241 of 241

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
5534 The blossoms of virtue. A series of polite letters on important subjects. Written by a young lady, in the course of the last two years of her life. Revised and published by her brother. Unknown , [Woman]
Thomas Waters (London)
1775
13745 The Devout Laugh, or Half an hour's amusement to a citizen of London, from Dr. Pickering's Sermon at St. Paul's, Jan. 30, 1749-50. And the compliments paid him by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, &c.--The Loyalty of the Doctor, and the Merit of his Sermon are made conspicuous,--and very entertaining. A letter from Rusticus to Civis. Fleming , Caleb
Mary Cooper (London)
1750
15722 The Economy of Love, by Dr. John Armstrong. To which are added Love Elegies, by Mr. Hammond. Armstrong , John
Hammond , James
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Chiswell] (London)
1798
13898 The Economy of Love, by Dr. John Armstrong. To Which Are Added, Love Elegies, by Mr. Hammond. Armstrong , John
Hammond , James
Ann Lemoine (London)
1801
25891 The ladies tales: exemplified in the vertues and vices of the quality, with reflections. Ferdinando Burleigh (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
John Graves (London)
1714
16074 The Ladies' literary companion; or A collection of essays, adapted for the instruction and amusement of the female sex. Deverell , Mary
More , Hannah
1792
984 The Magic Lantern; or, Sketches of Scenes in the Metropolis. Gardiner , Marguerite
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1822
4797 The medley: consisting of thirty-one essays, on various subjects. Presented by the author to one of the governesses of the Lying-In Hospital, in Newcastle. To be printed for the benefit of that charity. Gomeldon , Jane
1766
18205 The mirror of the graces; or, The English lady's costume. Combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. : The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety. By a lady of distinction, who has witnessed, and attentively studied, what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe. Unknown , [Woman]
Isaac Riley (New York)
1813
18206 The mirror of the graces; or, The English lady's costume. Combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety. By a lady of distinction, who has witnessed, and attentively studied, what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe Unknown , [Woman]
Isaac Riley (New York)
1815
5564 The modern pantheon, a dream. By a lady of quality. Unknown , [Woman]
John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
Thomas Hookham [New Bond Street] (London)
1780
2 The Monmouth-Street Cap. Being a Close Fit for Many Small Heads as well as Great Ones Beverley , Elizabeth
1819
25741 The occasional writer reviv'd. With some seasonable recollections for the benefit of the people. Unknown ,
1729
6835 The Pharos. A collection of periodical essays. By the author of Constance. Mathews , Eliza Kirkham
Thomas Hookham [New Bond Street] (London)
1787
3014 The triumph of acquaintance over friendship: an essay for the times, by a lady. Hayley , Eliza
Thomas Cadell and William Davies (London)
1796
25298 The woman's advocate: or, the baudy batchelor out in his calculation: being the genuine answer paragraph by paragraph, to The Batchelor's estimate. Plainly proving that Marriage is to a Man of Sense and OEconomy, both a Happiner and less Chargeable State, than a Single Life. Written for the honour of the good wives, and pretty girls of old England. Unknown ,
James Roberts [Warwick Lane] (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
1729