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BEP(P.782.065
10 Aug 1782:32 (1/43)
TO MR. SINCERITY, THE LADIES BEST FRIEND.
When time was young (the learned say)
That virtue bore unrivall'd sway.
Good manners, modesty and sense,
Were in repute, of consequence,
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With satin vests and silken hose,
A beaver white and velvet shoes;
A gaudy coat, and ruffles lac'd,
A foreign cane, with knot in taste;
With toupee high, and powder'd head,
Evince all manly tho't is fled---
For puppets drest with utmost pains,
Are puppets still, devoid of brains.---
. . . [12 more lines, signed] Rosalinda.
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