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E D I T O R 
OUR ly Ee 
GENERAL EVENING POST. 
Haved y lou, Feb. 1981. 
SIR, 
Have long been very fenfible of the feveral improvementg 
which the military fpirit, fo prevalent in thefe kingdoms, 
and the frequent incampments, have introduced into the moft dif- 
tant counties. At prefent I fhall forbear mentioning the happy 
effe€ts they have had on the morals of the male part of the com- 
munity, and confine myfelf to that fex to which we are indebted: 
for every thing which renders life endurable. I was always its. 
fincere admirer; and am happy to find any occafion of pointing 
out whatfoever may add to their charms, or extend their con- 
quefts. 
I was laft fummer in a gentleman’s family in the inland part 
of England, with whom I had a Jong and intimate acquaintance. 
I happened to reach the place in the dog-days; and finding the 
O ladies 
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