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[No. 129]Saturday, July 28, 1711Addison

Vertentem sese frustra sectabere canthum,
Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.
Pers.

Great Masters in Painting never care for drawing People in the Fashion; as very well knowing that the Headdress, or Periwig, that now prevails, and gives a Grace to their Portraitures at present, will make a very odd Figure, and perhaps look monstrous in the Eyes of Posterity. For this Reason they often represent an illustrious Person in a

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Habit, or in some other Dress that never varies. I could wish, for the sake of my Country Friends, that there was such a kind of