. English costume. GEORGE THE SECOND 61 Stomachers, and Paris nets,Earrings, necklaces, , blouses, and mignionets;Fine vermillion for the patches a la , but dont forget the gloves,Which, with all the smiling loves,Venus caught young Cupid pickingFrom the tender breast of chicken. Now I think it will be best to describe a ladyof quality. In the first years of the reign shestill wears the large hoop skirt, a circular whale-bone arrangement started at the waist, and, atintervals,the hoopswere placedso that thepetticoatstood outall roundlike a bell;over this

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. English costume. GEORGE THE SECOND 61 Stomachers, and Paris nets,Earrings, necklaces, , blouses, and mignionets;Fine vermillion for the patches a la , but dont forget the gloves,Which, with all the smiling loves,Venus caught young Cupid pickingFrom the tender breast of chicken. Now I think it will be best to describe a ladyof quality. In the first years of the reign shestill wears the large hoop skirt, a circular whale-bone arrangement started at the waist, and, atintervals,the hoopswere placedso that thepetticoatstood outall roundlike a bell;over this the skirt hung stiff and solemn. The bodice was tight-laced, cut square in front where the neckerchiefof linen or lace made the edge soft. The sleevesstill retained the cuff covering the elbow, and the. 62 ENGLISH COSTUME

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