The pleasures and felicity of marriage Display'd in Ten books: containing I. The Lady's Consent, meeting of their Relations to adjust the Portion, the Invitation of Guests, the Wedding, &c. II. The arising of the happy Pair, their Choice of House-Hold Furniture, wherein the Bride manifests the Greatness of her Genius. III. Their Visits; how they are caress'd ev'ry where; their Journey into the Country, and Adventures there. IV. Their Return; her Gossiping among her Neighbours, to whom she complains she is not breeding, and applies to a Doctor, with other Matters too engaging to be over-look'd. V. Joyful News! she proves with Child; the Pleasure of Longing, with a Number of Incidents entirely new. VI. The providing Childbed Linnen, choice of a Midwife and Nurse, vastly important as well to the Mother as Child. Vii. Her falling in Labour; with such Variety of Incidents, as are no less true than amazing. Viii. Her Delivery; the Beauty of the Child; strange Stories told by the Gossips, no less useful than entertaining. XI. The Christ'ning; Mirth of the good Company; with Stories still more wonderful, and fit to be treasur'd in Memory. X. The Coating of the Child; great Difficulties surmounted on that Occasion; in which Madam shews vast Ability, well worth Recording. The whole illustrated with eleven Cuts, humorously design'd. By Lemuel Gulliver

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gulliver, Lemuel
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed: and sold by J. Robinson, Publisher, at the Golden-Lion, in Ludgate-Street 1745, [1745]
Edition:	The second edition
Subjects:	Marriage Obstetrics
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0064100700?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa