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Seen in the advertising section of many 18th-century English newspapers: "a fine young breast of milk willing to enter a gentleman’s household." Presumably attached to a wet nurse.
And an advertisement for a bed that "at the head . . . in the full centre front, appears sparkling with electrical fire, through a glory of burnished and effulgent gold, the great, first, and ever operating commandment, BE FRUITFUL, MULTIPLY AND REPLENISH THE EARTH."
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Monday, April 02, 2007 at 05:53 PM
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