. Thackerayana;. 326 THA CKERA VAN A. already seen, and upon the still greater which I had but too muchreason to dread. No. 21. The World.—May 24, 1753. I am not so partial to the ladies, particularly the unmarried ones,as to imagine them without fault; on the contrary, I am going toaccuse them of a very great one, which if not put a stop to beforethe warm weather ccmes in, no mortal can tell to what lengths itmay be carried. You have already hinted at this fault in the sex,under the genteel appellation of moulting their dress. If necks,shoulders, &c, have begun to shed their covering in winte
. Thackerayana;. 326 THA CKERA VAN A. already seen, and upon the still greater which I had but too muchreason to dread. No. 21. The World.—May 24, 1753. I am not so partial to the ladies, particularly the unmarried ones,as to imagine them without fault; on the contrary, I am going toaccuse them of a very great one, which if not put a stop to beforethe warm weather ccmes in, no mortal can tell to what lengths itmay be carried. You have already hinted at this fault in the sex,under the genteel appellation of moulting their dress. If necks,shoulders, &c, have begun to shed their covering in winter, what ageneral display of nature are we to expect this summer, when theexcuse of heat may be alleged in favour of such a display? Icalled some time ago upon a friend of mine near St. Jamess, who,upon my asking where his sister was, told me, At her toilette,undressing for the ridetto. That the expression may be intelli-gible to every one of your readers, I beg leave to inform them that. it is the fashion for a lady to undress herself to go abroad, and todress only when she stays at home and sees no company. It may be urged, perhaps, that the nakedness in fashion -isintended only to be emblematical of the innocence of the presentgeneration of young ladies; as we read of our first mother beforethe fall, that she was naked and not ashamed-, but I cannot helpthinking that her daughters of these times should convince us thatthey are entirely free from original sin, or else be ashamed of theirnakedness. THE WORLDJ 327 11 would ask any pretty miss about towny if she ever went asecond time to see the wax-work, or the lions, or even the dogs orthe monkeys, with the same delight as at first ? Certain it is thatthe finest show in the world excites but little curiosity in thosewho have seen it before. That was a very fine picture, saysmy lord, but I had seen it befoje Twas a sweet song, says mylady, but I had heard it before. A very fine poem/ says thecritic, but I had read it b
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