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NHG-P.775.052
12 Sep 1775:22 (986)
AN INVITATION TO THE FAIR SEX, to assist in Supporting their
Country's Freedom.
'When Julius Caesar rul'd the world, and Rome,
'The cloth he wore was spun and wove at home,
'His Empress play'd the distaff and the loom.'
Come, sisters come, your injur'd country calls,
Forsake the toy-shop, toilets, and the balls;
Far nobler arts demand your better cure,
That female worth a monument may fear;
Your modes of dress and tinsel garbs forsake,
And useful cloathing for your country make;
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