An essay in defence of the female sex: In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

Name: An essay in defence of the female sex: In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.
Author: Mary Astell

Mary Astell · 1731

_A Pedant_, _A Squire_, _A Beau_, _A Vertuoso_, _A Poetaster_, _A City-Critick_, &c. _Since each is fond of his own ugly Face; Why shou’d you when we hold it break the Glass?_…

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