Through colonial doorways . Mars, conquestplufned, the Cyprian queen disarms:And victors, vanquished, yield to Beautys then the laurel, here the palm we all the trophies of the tilted field:Here Whites and Blacks, with blended homage,payTo each device the honors of the were the task and impious to all are fairest, which the fairer for us if by such sports we stroveTo grace this feast of military loveAnd, joining in the ivish of every d the friend and leader ere we part. From the Gentlemans Magazine of 1778. If we could by any

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Through colonial doorways . Mars, conquestplufned, the Cyprian queen disarms:And victors, vanquished, yield to Beautys then the laurel, here the palm we all the trophies of the tilted field:Here Whites and Blacks, with blended homage,payTo each device the honors of the were the task and impious to all are fairest, which the fairer for us if by such sports we stroveTo grace this feast of military loveAnd, joining in the ivish of every d the friend and leader ere we part. From the Gentlemans Magazine of 1778. If we could by any means turn back, fora moment, to certain May days more thana hundred years ago, and enter one of thestately old Philadelphia mansions in theeastern portion of our city, then the courtend of the town, what a gay scene wouldmeet our eyes! Fair ladies gathered inthe spacious rooms, in their quaint but 23 24 THROUGH COLONIAL DOORWAYS, becoming old-time dress, bending overbrocades, laces, and ribbons, busied inconsulting upon an

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