Citation - Massachusetts Spy-Boston: 1774.11.17

MS-B.774.104
17 Nov 1774:41 (4/198)
RECIPE TO SOFTEN THE HARDEST FEMALE HEART.
Take a youth that's genteel, no matter for face,
And season him well with an air and a grace;
One grain of sincerity you may bestow,
But enough of assurance be sure to allow;
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Some pieces of songs, and some spoutings of plays,
And fashion and frolicks, and whimsical ways;
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