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Dreſf.
In the article of dreſs may be included the whole tribe of beauty-waſhes, coſmetics, Olympian dew, oriental herbs, liquid bloom, and the paint which enlivened Ninon’s face, and bid defiance to time. Theſe numerous and eſſential articles are advertiſed in ſo ridiculous a ſtyle that the rapid ſale of them is a very ſevere reflection on the underſtanding of thoſe females who encourage it. The dew and herbs, I imagine, are very harmleſs, but I do not know whether the ſame may be ſaid of the paint. White is certainly very prejudicial to the health, and never can be made to reſemble nature. The red, too, takesoff
