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[No. 265]Thursday, January 3, 1712Addison

Dixerit e multis aliquis, quid virus in angues
Adjicis? et rabidæ tradis ovile lupæ?

Ov.

One of the Fathers, if I am rightly informed, has defined a Woman to be

an Animal that delights in Finery

. I have already treated of the Sex in two or three Papers, conformably to this Definition, and have in particular observed, that in all Ages they have been more careful then the Men to adorn that Part of the Head, which we generally call the Outside.