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Subject terms
Home economics.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
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"Observations and advices oeconomical." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52447.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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VI.
Our first Mother Eve was in∣flamed
with a desire of Know∣ledge,
which caused her fall,
and begot our mischief; but her
Daughters in these dayes affect
nothing so much as the enjoy∣ing
of their Will. For the at∣taining
of this they apply
themselves to several wayes, ac∣cording
to their different con∣stitutions
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and dispositions. The
best of them are so happy in
temper and abilities, as they
are able in a modest way to
propose to their Husbands
strength of Reason for their
chief desires, and these ought
to receive full satisfaction, un∣lesse
the Husband can convince
them with stronger reason.
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