The Rule of Life: in Select Sentences, collected from the greatest Authors, Antient and Modern. The seventh edition, improved.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.The Rule of Life: in Select Sentences, collected from the greatest Authors, Antient and Modern. The seventh edition, improved.

ix,[1], 297, [5]pp. 12mo. Contemporary sheep; joints cracked, boards rubbed. Signature of John Rogers Junr. 1763 on endpaper, 19th century bookplate of John Jope Rogers (1816-1880), Tory MP for Helston, Cornwall, 1859-1865. ESTC T211769, BL, Cambridge; Vermont. First published in 1742 in which the dedication is signed by the editor Tho. Sampson. The book is arranged in twenty eight sections each dealing with a different area of life: of Vanity, Folly, and Affectation; of Women, Love, and Marriage; of Retirement and the Private Life, etc. Sources for each sentence are give, although not all are named, as many are taken from periodical publications.