THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; WITH PREFACES, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, BY ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A. VOL. XLIII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON; J. NICHOLS & SON; R. BALDWIN; F. & C. R VINGTON; W. OTRIDGE & SON; W. J. & J. RICHARDSON; A. STRAHAN; R. FAULDER; G. & W. NICHOL; T. PAYNE; G. ROBINSON; W. LOWNDES; WILKIE & ROBINSON; SCATCHERD & LETTERMAN; J. WALKER; CUTHELL & MARTIN; VERNOR, HOOD, & SHARPE; R. LEA; DARTON & HARVEY; J. NUNN; LACKINGTON & CO.; CLARKE & SON; G. KEARSLEY; C. LAW; J. WHITE; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, & ORME; CADELL & DAVIES ; LANE & NEWMAN; H. D. SYMONDS; J. BARKER; WYNNE & CO.; POTE & CO.; J. CARPENTER; W. MILLER, J. & A. ARCH; S. BAGSTER; BOOSEY; R. PHENEY; R. FLOYER; J. MURRAY; R. HIGHLEY; BLAC PARRY, & KINGSBURY; J. HARDING; R. H. EVANS; J. MAWMAN; BOOKER; J. ASPERNE; J. HARRIS; WILLIAMS & SMITH; H. EBERS; AN W. CREECH, EDINBURGH. 51. SOLEMN Synod of females---State of the fe- male world --- Miranda's praise ---Various letters, petitions, &c. read---Court of the Bona Dea---Rights of Woman---Dialogue between a mademoiselle and her mistress--- Juvenal charged with a libel---Decree of the assembly---Pleasant story of the three 53. Threatening letter to Simon Olive-branch, on his intended visit to the metropolis--- His head as unsafe as the pope's---De- nounced by a club of patriots---A new Al- 54. Story of the Athenian madman---The mad carpenter and the king of Bohemia---Simon Olive-branch enters the metropolis---His surprises--- Universal pregnancy. Letter |