Authority Cited: [Collier, Jane] Art of Tormenting
Author name and dates: Jane Collier (1714-1755)
BKG Bio-tweet: Taught Greek and Latin by brother to qualify as governess; protégé of Richardson; friend of Fielding
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Author name and dates: Jane Collier (1714-1755)
BKG Bio-tweet: Taught Greek and Latin by brother to qualify as governess; protégé of Richardson; friend of Fielding
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary)
- An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting; with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art Humbly addressed, In the First Part, To the Master, Husband, &c. In the Second Part, To the Wife, Friend, &c. With some General Instructions for Plaguing all your Acquaintance, 1753, London : printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; marital; prink [BKG Note: the termagancy quote credited to Mrs. Barker in the Dict. is attrib. in the OED to Collier’s Art of Tormenting, 1753]