Gentleman's Magazine Grubstreet Journal (1731) [ Concepts ]
… and colour of the cloaths, we may form a judgment of the sentiments and qualities of the mind. Fantasticalness in dress, if introduced by a foreign nation, presages the bringing in the politicks and religion of that nation. Political … This is allow'd, if signifying no more than an impertinent alertness. The author goes on to make some remarks upon dress, which respect either the head or the body. The attire of the head is either natural, or such as seems so; or … The antients used to signify strength by short, bristly hair, and effeminacy by long. The French on the contrary, dress the man in the longest hair, and the woman with hardly any. Allows the French to have succeeded in the female …
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