The woman's labour: an epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck; in answer to his late poem, called The thresher's labour. To which are added the three wise sentences, taken from the first book of Esdras, ch. III. and IV. By Mary Collier, now a washer-woman, at Petersfield in Hampshire. The third edition.

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Title The woman's labour: an epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck; in answer to his late poem, called The thresher's labour. To which are added the three wise sentences, taken from the first book of Esdras, ch. III. and IV. By Mary Collier, now a washer-woman, at Petersfield in Hampshire. The third edition.
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Signed Author By Mary Collier, now a washer-woman, at Petersfield in Hampshire.
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Pagination 31
Date of Publication 1740
Edition Statement The third edition.
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Imprint printed for the author; and sold by J. Roberts, in Warwick-lane; and at the pamphlet-shops near the Royal Exchange,
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Collier, Mary. The woman's labour: an epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck; in answer to his late poem, called The thresher's labour. To which are added the three wise sentences, taken from the first book of Esdras, ch. III. and IV. By Mary Collier, now a washer-woman, at Petersfield in Hampshire. The third edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 24788, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/24788. Accessed 2025-08-16. 

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