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    A collection of several tracts and discourses written in the years 1677, to 1704 by Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715

    Published 1704
    “…Letter, written upon the discovery of the late plot.…”
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    The Athenian library, or A universal entertainment for the lovers of novelty Containing six thousand essays both in prose and verse, upon such nice and curious points in divinity, history, philosophy, &c. as were never handled before, and are thus entitled, viz. 1. The lost rib restor'd, or An essay attempting to prove that the relation between man and wife is not dissolv'd by death but abides for ever; and that those virgins who dye unmarry'd are yet related to husbands, and will be united to 'em in the other world. 2. The progressive knowledge of the saints in heaven. (by intuition, revelation, and otherwise) or an essay proving that the blessed above will be eternally making new discoveries of their happiness. 3. Female courtship, or The honesty, necessity, and modesty, of changing the old custom of the men's first courting the women, into the women's first courting the men, (as discover'd by the virgins in a complaint to the batchelors of their backwardness in making love, and) publish'd that sorrowful widdows may no longer be forced to spin out miserable lives on earth for want of husbands, or any virgin dye that despisable wretch an old maid. 4. An essay in praise of poverty, or A paradox proving he is the happiest man that has neither money nor friend, as 'twas sent in a letter to an honourable lady to quiet her mind under the loss of all earthly enjoyments, with her ladyship's answer, greatly approving this new and surprizing notion. 5. The wedding night, or A modest essay upon the loss of a maidenhead, (occasion'd... by Dunton, John, 1659-1733

    Published 1717
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