A new academy of compliments [electronic resource] : or, the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth...
A new academy of compliments [electronic resource] : or, the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improved, 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 Hands, 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 the Interpretation 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 one hundred and twenty love songs, Merry Catches, and Jovial Healths, being the newest now extant: with plain Instructions for Dancing.
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Publisher
London : printed for J. Bew, at No. 28, in Paternoster-Row, 1784.
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Date
1784.
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English
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Physical content
156p. : ill. ; 12°.
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Publisher
London : printed for J. Bew, at No. 28, in Paternoster-Row, 1784.
Edition
The seventeenth edition, with additions.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1784.
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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A new academy of compliments [electronic resource] : or, the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improved, 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 Hands, wit...
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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ESTC T86879.
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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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74VvobbZD3zX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvobbZD3zX
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991013350579702626
