. English costume. good coach-woman, and puts her dainty laced shoe againstthe opposite seat to balance herself against themany jolts ; meanwhile she takes her mask offfor a look at the passing world. If only I couldride in the coach with her! If only I could Ishould see the fruit wenches in sprigged petticoatsand flat, broad-brimmed hats ; theballad-sellers in tattered long-skirted coats ; the country womenin black hoods and cloaks, andthe men in frieze coats. The ladieswould pass by in pearl necklaces,flowered stomachers, artificialnosegays, and shaded furbelows:one is noted by her muff, one
. English costume. good coach-woman, and puts her dainty laced shoe againstthe opposite seat to balance herself against themany jolts ; meanwhile she takes her mask offfor a look at the passing world. If only I couldride in the coach with her! If only I could Ishould see the fruit wenches in sprigged petticoatsand flat, broad-brimmed hats ; theballad-sellers in tattered long-skirted coats ; the country womenin black hoods and cloaks, andthe men in frieze coats. The ladieswould pass by in pearl necklaces,flowered stomachers, artificialnosegays, and shaded furbelows:one is noted by her muff, one byher tippet, one by her fan. Herea gentleman bows to our coach,and my ladys heart beats to see his open waistcoat,his red heels, his suit of flowered satin. I shouldnot fail to notice the monstrous petticoats worn byladies in chairs or in coaches, these hoops stuffedout with cordage and stiffened with whalebone, and,according to Mr. Bickerstaff, making the womenlook like extinguishers— with a little knob at the. iuaaU/ii>taoi QUEEN ANNE 41 upper end, and widening downward till it ends in abasis of a most enormous circumference. To finish. I quite agree with Mr. Bickerstaff,when he mentions the great shoe-shop at theSt. Jamess end of Pall Mall, that the shoes theredisplayed, notably the slippers with green lace andblue heels, do create irregular thoughts in theyouth of this nation. VOL. TV. GEORGE THE FIRST Reigned thirteen years : 1714—1727. Born 1660. Married, 1682, Sophia of Brunswick. THE MEN AND WOMEN We cannot do betterthan open Thackeray,and put a finger on thispassage: There is the LionsHead, down whose jaws^* ^^ the Spectators own let- ters were passed; andover a great bankers inFleet Street the effigy ofthe wallet, which the founder of the firm bore whenhe came into London a country boy. People thisstreet, so ornamented with crowds of swingingchairmen, with servants bawling to clear the way,with Mr. Dean in his cassock, his lacquey marching 42 ^
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