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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

Name: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Author: Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Literary curiosa; New England -- Social life and customs

14th. Let the majesty of your king reflect the majesty of
    your people.

                                                   And all, &c.

    _Mirabeau scripsit._

                                         _Salem Gazette,_ 1792.

    [D] Vide Wilberforce on the emancipation of the slaves.

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Boston School of Fashion in 1807.

                       Robert Smallpeace,

    _At his_ DRESSING ACADEMY, _and_ SCHOOL _of_ FASHION, _in_
    MILK STREET, _opposite the South door of the_ Old South,

    [Illustration]

    REMINDS the Sons and Daughters of Fashion and Beauty, that
    tho' they may possess every latent excellence, yet they
    require the improving hand of ART, like _rough_ diamonds, to
    obtain the polish and brilliancy of the _first water_. What
    is elegance of form or contour of beauty without
    improvement? like "a light hid under a bushel," or whatever
    can be conceived to be _most unlike_:--And it is a
    lamentable fact, that

        _Full many a mind is rear'd with toil and care,
        To waste its worth--by_ SLOV'NLINESS _in_ HAIR.

    The _tailor_, or _milliner_, may encase us with taste and
    elegance; the _dancing master_ teach us the steps of ease
    and dignity; the _musician_ instruct us in our throats and
    fingers; and the _preceptor_ may inform our minds; and yet,
    with all these _accomplishments_, can we even be PASSABLE,
    if the _highest_ accomplishment of all be neglected? and the
    HEAD be left to its own "disorder worse confounded,"
    exhibiting a "_paltry crown of mud and straw_," placed upon
    an "_edifice of ivory and gold_!"--and further--

        _What though the_ EYE _voluptuous roll,_
          _The_ FORM _possess each heavenly grace_;
        _Say, can they_ ANY HEART _control,_
          _Draw_ FRIENDSHIP _near--bid_ LOVE _take place,_
        _'Till_ SMALLPEACE _touch them_!--he _whose trade is,_
        _T' make_ Gods _of_ Men--_and_ Goddesses _of_ Ladies!

    --> SMALLPEACE has elegant apartments for Ladies and
    Gentlemen; and will be found constantly at "the post of
    honour," and attendance, to wait upon them.

                                            Oct. 17 [1807].
                                      _Columbian Centinel._

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The novels of 1833; from the "Salem Observer," July 13.

    The decidedly bad moral tendency of some of the most popular
    novels of the times is forcibly depicted in a magazine
    recently established in England, by two of the sons of
    William Cobbett, in the following language:--

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