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CG-NL.770.053
24 Aug 1770:13 (7/354)
London. From the Connoisseur, Number XXXVI. In the days of
Queen Elizabeth, it was the fashion for the ladies to
conceal and wrap up as much of their bodies as they could;
Their necks were encompassed with a broad ruff which
likewise spread itself all over their bosoms; and their
sleeves were continued down and fastened close to their
wrists, while only their feet were allowed to peep from
under the modest fardingale; so that nothing was exposed to
the impertinent eye of man, but their faces. Our modern
ladies have run into the contrary extreme, and appear like
so many rope dancers; they have discarded as much of their
clothes as can, with any tolerable decency, be thrown off,
and may be said, (like the indian), to be all face.
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A naked lady is no longer the admiration only of a
masquerade; every public assembly will furnish us with
Iphigenius drest for the sacrifice. . .
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