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Therefore is it that the fashionable world especially—being the first to experience that influence and the most likely to perpetuate it—has not yet recovered from the effects of the evil example of the Court. THEREFORE IS IT THAT THE FASHIONABLE WORLD ESPECIALLY BEING THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE THAT INFLUENCE AND THE MOST LIKELY TO PERPETUATE IT HAS NOT YET RECOVERED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE EVIL EXAMPLE OF THE COURT
 not be particularly described. But fashion subsists by the artifice of constant change; and when hoops had enjoyed their day, those ladies who had found them so convenient, actually devised the scheme of giving vogue to a padding in front _to make the wearers appear in the family way_! This is no fiction; and young, unmarried girls, as well as married ladies, actually submitted to this disgraceful and immoral fashion through servile obedience to the example of the Princesses. This was positively holding out a premium to licentiousness—because the fear of a false step indicating itself by its consequences, was annihilated. Everyone knows that many titled ladies gloried in the reputation of being (as they really were) the mistresses of George the Fourth. With all these frightful examples in view, how could the entire sphere of the fashionable world fail to become dreadfully demoralised? and how was it possible to prevent the contaminating influence from spreading to the inferior grades? FOR A PURPOSE WHICH NEED NOT BE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BUT FASHION SUBSISTS BY THE ARTIFICE OF CONSTANT CHANGE AND WHEN HOOPS HAD ENJOYED THEIR DAY THOSE LADIES WHO HAD FOUND THEM SO CONVENIENT ACTUALLY DEVISED THE SCHEME OF GIVING VOGUE TO A PADDING IN FRONT TO MAKE THE WEAVERS APPEAR IN THE FAMILY WAY THIS IS NO FICTION AND YOUNG UNMARRIED GIRLS AS WELL AS MARRIED LADIES ACTUALLY SUBMITTED TO THIS DISGRACEFUL AND IMMORAL FASHION THROUGH SERVILE OBEDIENCE TO THE EXAMPLE OF THE PRINCESSES THIS WAS POSITIVELY HOLDING OUT A PREMIUM TO LICENTIOUSNESS BECAUSE THE FEAR OF A FALSE STEP INDICATING ITSELF BY ITS CONSEQUENCES WAS ANNIHILATED EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT MANY TITLED LADIES GLORIED IN THE REPUT OF BEING AS THEY REALLY WERE THE MISTRESSES OF GEORGE THE FOURTH WITH ALL THESE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES IN VIEW HOW COULD THE ENTIRE SPHERE OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD FAIL TO BECOME DREADFULLY DEMORALIZED AND HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THE CONTAMINATING INFLUENCE FROM SPREADING TO THE INFERIOR GRADES
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