Derrick's Jests or, The Wits Chronicle. Containing A pleasing Variety of Repartees, Puns, Bon-Mots, and other Species of Wit and Humour, Which passed between Samuel Derrick ... and other Persons distinguished for their Wit and Humour. Also A Collection of Poetical Pieces on Various Subjects, By Mr. Derrick and Others. Dedicated to the Public |
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On the present Mode of Head-dressing, 1769.
In days of old, when Virtue plac'd
Her trust in ev'ry fair,
Men were by flowing perukes grac'd,
And women wore their hair.
Her trust in ev'ry fair,
Men were by flowing perukes grac'd,
And women wore their hair.
How chang'd that decent mode of dress is
By ev'ry Belle and Prig!
The Men appear in plaister'd tresses,
—Each Woman wears a wig!
By ev'ry Belle and Prig!
The Men appear in plaister'd tresses,
—Each Woman wears a wig!
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