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PGCJ.771.019
25 May 1771:41,42 (385)
Some day since, the following ESSAY ON BEAUTY, OR THE ART OF
PLEASING, happened accidentally to fall in my way, in which,
while the author politely satyrizes, and genteelly exposes
some faults to which a few of the fair sex are liable, at
the same time he candidly and ingenuously acknowledges the
many virtues and amiable qualifications of which that sex
are, or may be possessed. . . . [signed] Amelia.
What gives the maiden blush its loveliest dye,
Charms in a smile, or wounds us from an eye,
The muse shall sing. Attend and learn, ye fair,
The heart of man resistless to ensnare.
. . . [63 lines]
But see Flirtilla; pretty little thing!
Always in action; flutter, dance, and sing
. . . [48 more lines] to be continued in next issue.
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