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RAG.780.146
10 Aug 1780:22 (295)
Some Species of Modern Vanity exemplified. . . [4
paragraphs] With as little success have opera's,
oratorio's, ridotto's, and other expensive diversions, been
invented to exclude bad company. Tradesmen, by enhancing
their prices, have found tickets for their wives and
daughters, and by this means have been enabled to insult the
good company, their customers, at their own expence; and,
like true conquerors, have obliged the enemy to pay for
their defeat. But this stratagem has in some measure been
obviated by the prudence of the very best company, who, for
this and many other wise considerations, have usually
declined paying them at all. . . [3 paragraphs]
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