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Excerpt from The Mask of Fashion, Vol. 1 of 2: A Plain Tale
Good God l - shall the Age, then, dare to act, yet shrink before. The mirror that reflects its degene racy? I attack a favorite maxim - one, held up to the imitation 'of every finished Gentleman, under the baneful sanction of high autho rity. I shew its subtile operation ona mind, great in calamity, and superior to the refinements of temptation. I mark its unlimited ascendancy over the generous feel ings of innate Vii/forth and Honour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
