A new academy of complements [electronic resource] : or the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth i...
A new academy of complements [electronic resource] : or the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improv'd by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship. In divers examples of writing or Inditing letters, relating either to love or business. Also the silent language: Or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hand, without being understood by the Company. Together with Instructions for writing Figure-Hand, Bills of Exchange, Receipts, casting Accompts, &c. The Signification of Moles, and Interpretation of Dreams. A never-failing Method for Women to get good Husbands. Likewise a pleasant dialogue between six merry Gossips paying a Visit to a Lying-in-Woman. To which is added, a choice collection of above 120 love-songs, Merry-Catches, and Jovial Healths; being the Newest new Extant, with plain Instructions for dancing. .
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London : printed for C. Hitch in Pater Noster-Row. J. Hodges, at the Locking-Glass, or London-Bridge; and J. Fuller. at the Bible & Dove in Creed-Lane, 1741.
Date
1741.
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English
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[8],148p. : ill. ; 8°.
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Publisher
London : printed for C. Hitch in Pater Noster-Row. J. Hodges, at the Locking-Glass, or London-Bridge; and J. Fuller. at the Bible & Dove in Creed-Lane, 1741.
Edition
The twelfth edition with additions. ..
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England
Date Published
1741.
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A new academy of complements [electronic resource] : or the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improv'd by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship. In divers examples of writing or Inditing letters, relating either to love or business. Also the silent language: Or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hand, without...
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Compiled by Lord Buckhurst, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir William Davenant and others.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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ESTC T177734.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74Vv0jNpepVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0jNpepVA
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991015911079702626
