Title Severall witty discourses, pro & con viz. 1. That beauty is no real good. 2. That love proceeds from the inclination. 3. That the countrey life is preferr'd before living in cities. 4. That the affection ought not to die with the beloved. 5. That the affection ought not to go beyond the grave. 6. That those who never suffer'd troubles, cannot truly tell what pleasure is. 7. That death is better than slavery. 8. That absence is worse than death. 9. That one may be both slave and mistresse. By Mounsieur Scudery. And put into English by a person of quality.
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Translation Description Translation from French into English, 1661.
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Notes Originally published under the pseudonym 'M. de Scudéry, ',Madeleine de Scudéry's brother."A translation of nine discourses from: Les femmes illustres. A reissue, with cancel title page, of: A triumphant arch erected and consecrated to the glory of the feminine sexe (Wing S2163). The first leaf is blank." (Worldcat)
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