An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex
An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex by Judith, active Drake is available here as the complete text, split into 186 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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. by Judith, active Drake. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #57596.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #57596, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Female
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