Munds Mulberries

Book Id: WPLBN0000691539
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Title:	Munds Mulberries
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism., Literature--Women authors, Literature
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Fiction

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Excerpt: Lengthy poetic burlesque satirizes women's vanity and criticizes them for reading romances, seeing plays and farces, and otherwise entertaining themselves. She nostalgically regards the age of chivalry and includes a fop-dictionary. It is intended as a guide for young gentlemen preparing to depart for university. Evelyn was the daughter of royal diarist John Evelyn. The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, And Her Toilette Spread, Together, With A Fop-Dictionary, And A Rare And Incomparable Receipt To Make Pig, Or Puppidog-Water For The Face. Tanquam fama discrimen agatur, Aut Anima: Tanta est quarendi cura decoris. Juvenal. Sat. 6.