Discourses and essays, useful for the vain modish ladies and their gallants [electronic resource] : as also upon several subjects moral and divine : in two parts / written by the Right Honourable Francis Lord Viscount Shannon ; and humbly dedicated to the Right Honourable Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland.

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• Discourses and essays, useful for the vain modish ladies and their gallants as also upon several subjects moral and divine : in two parts / written by the Right Honourable Francis Lord Viscount Shannon ; and humbly dedicated to the Right Honourable Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland.
  by: Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699
  Published: (1696)
• Discourses useful for the vain modish ladies and their gallants under these following heads, viz. I. Of some of the common ways many vertuous women take to lose their reputation, &c. II. Of meer beauty-love, &c. III. Of young mens folly in adoring young handsom ladies, &c. IV. Of the power womens beauty exercises over most young men. V. Of the inconstancy of most ladies, especially such as are cry'd-up beauties, &c. VI. Of marriage, and of wives who usurp a governing power over their husbands. VII. Of the inequality of many marriages, with the sad end that usually attend such matches. VIII. Against maids marrying for meer love, &c. IX. Against widows marrying. X. Against keeping of misses. XI. Of the folly of such women as think to shew their wit by censuring of their neighbours. XII. Of the French fashions and dresses, &c. XIII. Of worldly praises which all ladies love to receive, but few strive to deserve. XIV. Useful advices to the vain and modish ladies, for the well regulating their beauty and lives. By the right honourable Francis Lord Viscou.
  by: Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699
  Published: (1696)
• Discourses useful for the vain modish ladies and their gallants under these following heads, viz. I. Of some of the common ways many vertuous women take to lose their reputation, &c. II. Of meer beauty-love, &c. III. Of young mens folly in adoring young handsom ladies, &c. IV. Of the power womens beauty exercises over most young men. V. Of the inconstancy of most ladies, especially such as are cry'd-up beauties, &c. VI. Of marriage, and of wives who usurp a governing power over their husbands. VII. Of the inequality of many marriages, with the sad end that usually attend such matches. VIII. Against maids marrying for meer love, &c. IX. Against widows marrying. X. Against keeping of misses. XI. Of the folly of such women as think to shew their wit by censuring of their neighbours. XII. Of the French fashions and dresses, &c. XIII. Of worldly praises which all ladies love to receive, but few strive to deserve. XIV. Useful advices to the vain and modish ladies, for the well regulating their beauty and lives. By the right honourable Francis Lord Viscou.
  by: Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699
  Published: (1696)
• Several discourses and characters address'd to the ladies of the age wherein the vanities of the modish women are discovered / written at the request of a lady, by a person of honour.
  by: Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699
  Published: (1689)
• Several discourses and characters address'd to the ladies of the age wherein the vanities of the modish women are discovered / written at the request of a lady, by a person of honour.
  by: Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699
  Published: (1689)