The benefit of farting explain'd [electronic resource] : or, the fundament-all cause of the distempers incident to the fair sex. Inquir'd into: Proving à Posteriori most of the Disordures in tail'd on, them are owing to Flatulencies not seasonably vented. Wrote in Spanish, by Don Fart-Inhando Puff-Indorst Professor of Bumbast in the University of Craccow. And translated into English at the request and for the use of the Lady Damp-Fart, of Her-Fart-Shire. A Fart, tho' wholesome does not fail, If barr'd of Passage by the Tail, To fly back to the Head again, And by its Fumes disturb the Brain: Thus Gun-Powder confin'd, you know Sir, Grows stronger, as 'tis ram'd the closer; But, if in open Air it fires, In harmless Smoke its Force expires.
1727
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The benefit of farting explain'd [electronic resource] : or, the fundament-all cause of the distempers incident to the fair sex. Inquir'd into: Proving à Posteriori most of the Disordures in tail'd on, them are owing to Flatulencies not seasonably vented. Wrote in Spanish, by Don Fart-Inhando Puff-Indorst Professor of Bumbast in the University of Craccow. And translated into English at the request and for the use of the Lady Damp-Fart, of Her-Fart-Shire. A Fart, tho' wholesome does not fail, If barr'd of Passage by the Tail, To fly back to the Head again, And by its Fumes disturb the Brain: Thus Gun-Powder confin'd, you know Sir, Grows stronger, as 'tis ram'd the closer; But, if in open Air it fires, In harmless Smoke its Force expires.
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The thirteenth edition, with additions, revis'd ..
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London : printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, and Sold by the Booksellers, 1727.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[8],11,[1]p. ; 4⁰.
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Sometimes attributed to Jonathan Swift, attributeed by him ('Correspondence' 2:121) to "one Dobbs a surgeon".
The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T125299.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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