On Fancy Dress & the Masquerade
"O Jesu -- Coz -- why this fantastick dress?
I fear some Frenzy does your Head possess;
That thus you sweep along a Turkish Tail,
And let that Robe o'er Modesty prevail...
Why in this naughty Vestment are you seen?
Dress'd up for Love, with such an Air and Mien,
As if you wou'd commence Sultana Queen."
--J. Arbuthnot
_The Ball, Stated in a Dialogue Betwixt a Prude and a Coquet_," 1724
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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