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moſt delicate kind; nor does a woman's dreſſing herſelf in a way to attract languiſhing glances, give us the moſt advantageous opinion of the purity of her mind.
I forgot to mention powder among the deceptions. It is a pity that it ſhould be ſo generally worn. The moſt beautiful ornament of the features is diſguiſed, and the ſhade it would give to the countenance entirely loſt. The color of every perſon's hair generally ſuits the complexion, and is calculated to ſet it off. What abſurdity then do they run into, who uſe red, blue, and yellow powder!—And what a falſe taſte does it exhibit!
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