theſe, and leſs the Party’s own; ſuch are the outward Ornaments of the Perſon, and for which Men are beholden to the Taylor, the Laceman, the Perriwigmaker, the Hatter, and the Milliner, and not to Nature. Such a Paſſion Girls may well be aſhamed, as they generally are, to own either to themſelves or to others.
The Love of Miſs Bridget was of another Kind. The Captain owed nothing to any of theſe Fop-makers in his Dreſs, nor was his Perſon much more beholden to Nature, Both his Dreſs and Perſon were ſuch as, had they appeared in an Aſſembly, or a Drawing-room, would have been the Contempt and Ridicule of all the fine Ladies there. The former of theſe was indeed neat, but plain, coarſe, ill-fancied, and out of Faſhion. As for the latter, we have expreſsly deſcribed it above. So far was the Skin on his Cheeks from being Cherry-coloured, that you could not diſcern what the natural Colour of his Cheeks was, they being totally overgrown by a black Beard, which aſcended to his Eyes. His Shape and Limbs were indeed exactly proportioned, but ſo large, that they denoted the Strength rather of a Ploughman than any other. His Shoulders were broad, beyond all Size, andthe
