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l(Jt) HOGARTH.
to whom nature has been so bountiful, to
disguise their enchanting-forms, and sacri-
fice ease, elegance, and grtBfe, on the shrine
of fashion, is defying symmetry, and thwart-
ing nature, which, in their capricious va-
riations, they should sometimes suffer to
take fancy by the hand. The principles
laid down for sculpture, &c. will apply to
dress; and fitness, propriety, and conveni-
ence, being first established, it should be
rendered pleasing. Attention to a few plain
and simple rules, would-be conducive to its
being made so. *
" For a degree of uniformity there is a
necessity, as without it, our habits would
" according to the patent granted by his majesiy. The
" whole concerted and devised by a society of adepts in
" the profession. :
03" " This work was undertaken solely for the be-
'( nefit of the trade, to instruct the rising generation, and
" perfectly to complete them in the art and science q{
" cutting out clothes. The copper-plates consist of each
" separated part, which will on the firs
" the uninformed mind, that with a little a
"■ Slav be a complete tailor,"
to whom nature has been so bountiful, to
disguise their enchanting-forms, and sacri-
fice ease, elegance, and grtBfe, on the shrine
of fashion, is defying symmetry, and thwart-
ing nature, which, in their capricious va-
riations, they should sometimes suffer to
take fancy by the hand. The principles
laid down for sculpture, &c. will apply to
dress; and fitness, propriety, and conveni-
ence, being first established, it should be
rendered pleasing. Attention to a few plain
and simple rules, would-be conducive to its
being made so. *
" For a degree of uniformity there is a
necessity, as without it, our habits would
" according to the patent granted by his majesiy. The
" whole concerted and devised by a society of adepts in
" the profession. :
03" " This work was undertaken solely for the be-
'( nefit of the trade, to instruct the rising generation, and
" perfectly to complete them in the art and science q{
" cutting out clothes. The copper-plates consist of each
" separated part, which will on the firs
" the uninformed mind, that with a little a
"■ Slav be a complete tailor,"