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A59541 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. Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699. 1689 (1689) Wing S2965A; ESTC R38898 101,219 214

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lady_n receive_v as_o their_o desert_n and_o with_o such_o idolize_v posture_n and_o die_v expression_n as_o if_o they_o design_v their_o fellow_n creature_n to_o be_v perfect_a goddess_n who_o be_v make_v like_o nebuchadnezar_n golden_a image_n only_o to_o be_v worship_v so_o natural_o agreeable_a be_v such_o sinful_a adoration_n to_o vain_a lady_n as_o the_o first_o temptation_n we_o read_v of_o in_o scripture_n that_o ever_o prevail_v on_o woman_n be_v that_o of_o be_v make_v like_o to_o god_n and_o that_o woman_n then_o comprise_v in_o herself_o the_o whole_a species_n of_o woman_n kind_a and_o indeed_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o her_o aspire_a presumption_n then_o to_o more_o knowledge_n than_o she_o ought_v to_o have_v have_v do_v still_o punish_v