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fary for furniming out in a few moments, either a 

 fafhionable or a fubftantial, a magnificent or a plain 

 and neat wardrobe, with whatever limitations, for 

 whatever length of purfe, for whatever tafte, and to 

 whatever extent you pleafe. The neweft and fineft 

 fluffs and patterns of all kinds are here difplayed to 

 allure the eye. 



Hard-by is an arch containing nothing but buttons, 

 of genuine and of falfe diamonds, of Wedgwood's 

 compolitions, of porcelain, of brilliant fteel ; in fhort, 

 of every thing whereof buttons can be made, in the 

 moft diverlified variety of deiigns, and in the moil 

 aftonifhing abundance. 



Advancing onward we come to feveral mops which 

 are fo many repetitions of Poixmenu's rarities, which 

 glitter in the Ihew-glaffes, and again in the mirrors be- 

 hind them. Watch-chains of gold and fteel, fword- 

 hilts of lilver and fteel brilliants, lie here in radiant 

 ] afire difplayed to view, and the young mopwoman 

 invites you with her looks, but never with words, to 

 come-in, and at leaft to fee and admire, though you 

 , mould not chufe to buy. 



A little farther, you enter an arch, which has long 

 before enticed you by its fragrant atmofphere. It is the 

 odoriferous feat of a perfumer, who is ready to fell 

 you, in any quantity you pleafe, gloves that fmell like 

 jafmines, pomatums of the odour of violets, cofme- 

 tics that diffufe the fcents of lilies and rofes, tooth- 

 powder impregnated with the flavour of jonquils, hair- 

 powder that gives you the various fweets of a whole par- 

 terre at once, waters with the fragrance of may-blof- 

 foms, &c. and articles of the like nature without end. 



Now 



