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179845354London: Printed for Mr. Hodges Pall Mall and sold by C. Mason 1798. Second edition but the first printed leaves with new preliminary matter. 8vo pp. iii-xi i 281 1. AEG bound in full 19th century polished calf couple of minor spots but a very nice copy. Rare. Although well represented in ESTC not listed in ABPC nor offered on the Internet. Eugenia Stanhope 1730-86 is best remembered for her publication of Lord Chesterfield's letters to his sonsee above. The letters were supposed to be private and Eugenia was attacked for being greedy and immoral. The present work "partly endorses partly rebuts Chesterfield. It argues that husbands are ordained superior that wives should be financially dependent and the world conformed to. Blain. She no longer defends extra maritial sex but does call for freedom of marriage choice. Printed for Mr. Hodges, Pall Mall, and sold by C. Mason unknown books