The new Bath guide ; or, memoirs of the B-N-R-D family, in a series of poetic epistles.

  • Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Date:
1807
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Credit: The new Bath guide ; or, memoirs of the B-N-R-D family, in a series of poetic epistles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Panecyric on the Ladies. Our trade is encourag’d as much, if not more. By tlie tender soft sex I shall ever adore ; But their husbands, those brutes, have been known to complain. And swear they will never set foot here again.— A’el wretches ingrate! to find fault with your wives. The comfort, the solace, and joy of your lives; Oh! that women, whose price is so far above rubies. Should fall to the lot of such ignorant boobies! Doesn’t Solomon speak of such women with rap- ture. In verse his eleventh, and thirty-first chapter? And surely that wise king of Israel knew What belong’d to a woman much better than you! He says, “ if you find out a virtuous wife. She will do a man good all the days of her life; <C