The Distressed lady: or, The Yorkshire beauty. Made happy. A faithful and true story; Shewing how a young lady came up to London to seek her fortune, and how she fell in love with a gentleman who wanted to debauch her, but it pleased divine providence to make her too powerful for him; the gentleman then went out of his senses, and after the young lady had gone through a multiplicity of misfortunes, and aggravated by the ties of virtue and honour had an immense estate left her, and her sincere love, and his honour were at last happily crown'd by marrying the gentleman, of whose great abilities she at the beginning of their first interview had a great reason to doubt. By this we see the unsearchable wisdom of God Almighty. To which is added, Ovid's art of beauty

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  • The Distressed lady: or, The Yorkshire beauty. Made happy. A faithful and true story; Shewing how a young lady came up to London to seek her fortune, and how she fell in love with a gentleman who wanted to debauch her, but it pleased divine providence to make her too powerful for him; the gentleman then went out of his senses, and after the young lady had gone through a multiplicity of misfortunes, and aggravated by the ties of virtue and honour had an immense estate left her, and her sincere love, and his honour were at last happily crown'd by marrying the gentleman, of whose great abilities she at the beginning of their first interview had a great reason to doubt. By this we see the unsearchable wisdom of God Almighty. To which is added, Ovid's art of beauty
  • Distressed lady, or, Yorkshire beauty made happy.
  • De medicamine faciei feminae. English.
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Imprint
London : Printed for the author, and sold by T. Sabine, (No. 17) in Little New Street, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, [between 1774 and 1779?]
Added name
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Publication year
1774-1779
ESTC No.
N8902
Grub Street ID
53812
Description
24,9-16p. ; 12°.
Note
The distressed lady = Anne Normington, afterward Lewin

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Thomas Sabine was at 17 Little New street from at least 1774 to 1779. See adverts in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser Nov. 10, 1774, p.4. and Oct. 1, 1779, p.4, col. 4. Cf. 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers online. First dated imprint for Thomas Sabine at this address is 1775 (ESTC N67115)

British Book Trade Index puts Thomas Sabine at 81 Shoe Lane from 1780. By 1781 he was advertising at that address in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser Jan. 27, 1781, p.1. Cf. 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers online.
Uncontrolled note
Thomas Sabine was in business 1785-1825; this address not in Maxted; other editions dated [1790?]