Paradoxical assertions and philosophical problems full of delight and recreation for all ladies and youthful fancies by R.H.
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- Paradoxical assertions and philosophical problems full of delight and recreation for all ladies and youthful fancies by R.H.
- Author
- Heath, Robert, fl. 1636-1659.
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- London :: Printed by R.W., and are to be sold by Charles Webb ...,
- 1659.
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Contents
- title page
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To my Honoured Friend,
Thomas Norton in Black-Friers, D. D. P. - Errata.
- The Contents of the PARADOXICAL ASSERTIONS.
- Paradoxical Assertion 1.
- Paradoxical Assertion 2.
- Paradoxical Assertion 3▪
- Paradoxical Assertion 4.
- Paradoxical Assertion 5.
- Paradoxical Assertion 6.
- Paradoxical Assertion 7.
- Paradoxical Assertion 8.
- Paradoxical Assertion 9.
- Paradoxical Assertion 10.
- Paradoxical Assertion 11.
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Paradoxical Assertion 12.
Constantia apud unic That Constancy to onem Messalinam non Virtus constat, sed Solaecismus; & gravius est pecca∣tum, quàm Fornicatio apud plurimas. Messalina is no Vertue, but a Solecism in Nature; and is a greater sin then Fornication with many. - Paradoxical Assertion 13.
- Paradoxical Assertion 14.
- Paradoxical Assertion 15.
- title page
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The Table of the
Philosophical Problems. - Philosophical PROBLEMS.
- Why a fair Woman is said to be Fish below,
- Why the stone water-spouts are formed, conveying water through the Lions Mouth?
- Why Cuckolds are said to wear Horns?
- Why drowned women float with their Bellies downward?
- Why there are more Christnings Registred in England then Burials?
- Why men talk most and loudest when they are drunk.
- Why there is Reason in Roast∣ing Eggs?
- Why English Men creep to the Chimney in Winter and Sum∣mer also?
- VVhy the Younger Children are more Ingenuous then the Eldest?
- Why Dogs turn round so often before they lie down?
- Why Drunken men run when they cannot stand?
- Why men are sooner inebriated at Dinner then at Supper?
- Why man is naturally so unapt to swim?
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Why the
Botonick▪ Galenist gets more Gold then theHer∣metick Paracelsian? - Why mean persons dye of the great Pox, and great persons dye of the small Pox oftner?
- Why the abused Husband is cal∣led Cuckold?
- VVhy the covetous Miser is cal∣led Hog?
- Why confident men never blush?
- Why women naturally grow not Bald?
- Why Barbars are News-mon∣gers?
- Why Melancholy men are witty?
- Why the Cornutee loves the Cor∣nutor?