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 Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means 
of procuring respect.  
 Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means 
of procuring respect. 
 Be pain in dress, and sober in your diet;
 In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet.  
 Be pain in dress, and sober in your diet;
 In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet. 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for read more 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness
   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
    But is, when unadorn'd the most. 
 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a 
pitchfork.  
 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a 
pitchfork. 
 Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to read more 
 Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear an old blue coat
   All buttoned down before. 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a read more 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a long brown coat
   That buttoned down before. 
 Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls.
 Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;
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 Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls.
 Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;
  Dresses to dance in, and flirt in, and talk in,
   Dresses in which to do nothing at all;
    Dresses for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall;
     All of them different in color and shape.
      Silk, muslin, and lace, velvet, satin, and crape,
       Brocade and broadcloth, and other material,
        Quite as expensive and much more ethereal. 
 Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square,
 Has made three separate journeys to Paris,
  And her father assures read more 
 Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square,
 Has made three separate journeys to Paris,
  And her father assures me each time she was there
   That she and her friend Mrs. Harris . . .
    Spent six consecutive weeks, without shopping
     In one continuous round of shopping,-- . . .
      And yet, though scarce three months have passed since the day
       This merchandise went on twelve carts, up Broadway,
        This same Miss McFlimsey of Madison Square
         The last time we met was in utter despair
          Becasue she had nothing whatever to wear.