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

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Displaying 201–225 of 241

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
9619 Letters for Literary Ladies: to which is added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification. The Third Edition. By Miss Edgeworth, author of Practical Education, Parents' Assistant, &c. &c. Edgeworth , Maria
Joseph Johnson (London)
1805 Third Edition.
14156 Letters for literary ladies. To which is added, an essay on the noble science of self-justification. Edgeworth , Maria
Joseph Johnson (London)
1795
17274 Letters for Literary Ladies. To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification. By Miss Edgeworth Edgeworth , Maria
Joseph Milligan (Georgetown)
1810
5794 Letters for literary ladies. To which is added, an essay on the noble science of self-justification. The second edition, corrected and much enlarged. By Maria Edgeworth, author of practical education, and the parents' assistant. Edgeworth , Maria
Joseph Johnson (London)
1799 The second edition, corrected and much enlarged.
5804 Letters for literary ladies. To which is added, an essay on the noble science of self-justification. The second edition, corrected. Edgeworth , Maria
Joseph Johnson (London)
1799 The Second Edition, Corrected.
5407 Letters on different subjects, in four volumes. By the author of The unfortunate mother's advice to her absent daughters. The fourth edition. Pennington , Sarah
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
1770 The fourth edition.
1768 Letters, moral and entertaining. By Ann Wingrove. Wingrove , Ann
1795
3656 Lilliputian Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature delineated, in conversations and letters passing between the children of a family. In three volumes. ... Fenn , Ellenor
1779
12690 Literary Exercises; or, Short Essays on Various Subjects: Also, Thoughts on a One All-perfect Cause, from the Visible World, in Blank Verse. The Whole being a Miscellaneous Performance by Susan Wood. Wood , Susan
John Sharpe [191 Piccadilly] (London)
1802
4798 Maxims composed by J. Gomeldon. Gomeldon , Jane
1779
15655 Moderation truly stated: or, a review of a late pamphlet, entitul'd, moderation a vertue. With a prefatory discourse to Dr. D'Avenant, concerning his late essays on peace and war. Astell , Mary
Richard Wilkin (London)
1704
2821 Moral and critical reflections on several subjects. Among which (by way of illustration) various characters are occasionally interspersed. By the author of Emily; or, the history of a natural daughter. Unknown ,
John Noble (London)
Francis Noble [King's Street] (London)
1758
4777 Moral essays, and reflections. By Mrs. Gosling. Gosling , Jane
1789
25662 New reflexions on the fair sex. Written originally in French, by the celebrated Marchioness de Lambert, (and by her suppress'd) author of Advice from a Mother to her Son and Daughter. Translated into English by J. Lockman de Courcelles , Anne Thérèse de Marguenat
1729
25794 None but fools marry: or, A vindication of the batchelor's estimate; in answer to the objections made against it. Ward , Edward
Anne Dodd I (London)
1730
1232 Odd Thoughts, on a Variety of Odd Subjects, by that Odd Little Woman, Mrs Elizabeth Beverley, Comedian; Professor of Elocution, and Authoress of the Popular Coronation Sermon, &c. Beverley , Elizabeth
1825
24798 Onania; or, The heinous sin of self-pollution, and all its frightful consequences, in both sexes, consider'd, with spiritual and physical advice to those, who have already injur'd themselves by this abominable practice. And seasonable admonition to the youth of the nation, (of both sexes) and those whose tuition they are under, whether parents, guardians, masters, or mistresses. 1723 The ninth edition, corrected, and enlarg'd to almost as much again, as particulariz'd at the end of the preface; and are all the additions, that will be made to this book how often soever it may come
24093 Onania; or, The heinous sin of self-pollution, and all its frightful consequences, in both sexes, considerd, with spiritual and physical advice to those, who have already injur'd themselves by this abominable practice. And seasonable admonition to the youth of the nation, (of both sexes) and those whose tuition they are under, whether parents, guardians, masters, or mistresses. 1723 The eighth edition, corrected, and enlarg'd to almost as much again, as particulariz'd at the end of the preface; and are all the additions, that will be made to this book how often soever it may come
21382 Paris chit-chat; or A view of the society, manners customs, literature, and amusements of the Parisians, being a translation of "Guillaume le franc-parleur," and sequel to the "Paris spectator." Jouy , Étienne de
Mathew Carey (Philadelphia)
Wells and Lilly (Boston)
1816
26003 Pensées diverses, dediées à Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, par M. Ange Goudar. Goudar , Ange
Paul Vaillant II (London)
William [Guillaume] Meyer (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
John Jolliffe (London)
G. Jones (London)
1750
25626 Plain reasons for the growth of sodomy, in England: to which is added, The petit maitre, an odd sort of unpoetical poem, in the trolly-lolly stile, Unknown ,
1728?
4259 Remarks on the speech of M. Dupont, made in the National Convention of France, on the subjects of religion and public education. By Hannah More. The second edition. More , Hannah
Thomas Cadell [London] (London)
1793 The second edition.
22599 Remarks upon the principles and reasonings of Dr. Rutherforth's Essay on the nature and obligations of virtue: in vindication of the contrary principles and reasonings, inforced in the writings of the late Dr. Samuel Clarke. Published by Mr. Warburton with a preface. Trotter (Cockburn) , Catharine
James and Paul Knapton (London)
Mr. Warburton
1747.
15669 Six familiar essays upon marriage, crosses in love, sickness, death, loyalty and friendship by a lady. Astell , Mary
Thomas Bennet (London)
1696
25806 The batchelor's recantation. Or, his estimate of the expences of a married life reconsider'd paragraph by paragraph, and retracted. To which is added, I. His passionate Address to all Batchelors and Maidens. II. An old Maiden Lady's Advice to all young Ones. A tale, (by a Baroness.) III. A Prayer to be used Daily by all spotless Virgins. IV. The Doctor confuted: Or, No Cure for Love. V. A young Lady's Recantation of her Resolution to turn Nun. Humbly address'd to Henry Stonecastle, Esq; Author of The Universal Spectator. By John Single, of Grey's-Inn, Esq. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
1731 The Second Edition.