"And let every deformed Person comfort himself with reflecting; that tho' his Soul hath not the most convenient and beautiful Apartment, yet that it is habitable: that the Accommodation will serve in an Inn upon the Road: that he is but Tenant for Life, or (more properly) at Will: and that, while he remains in it, it, he is in a State to be envied by the Deaf, the Dumb, the Lame, and the Blind."
Deformity, An Essay
At least 5 entries in ESTC (1754, 1755). <br>
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Text from Hay, William, <u>Deformity, An Essay</u>, 2nd edition
(London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VKBbAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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See also See <u>Deformity: An Essay. By William Hay, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and sold by M. Cooper, in Pater-Noster Row, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T111103">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;