THE

MIRROR OF THE GRACES;

OR, THE

ENGLISH LADY'S COSTUME.

CONTAINING

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

FOR COMBINING

ELEGANCE, SIMPLICITY, AND ECONOMY
WITH FASHION IN DRESS;

HINTS ON FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MANNERS;
AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF

HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

BY A LADY OF DISTINCTION.

"If Beauty be woman's weapon, it must be feathered by the Graces,
pointed by the eye of Discretion, and shot by the hand of Virtue."

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ADAM BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE,

AND LONGMAN AND CO. LONDON.

CONTENTS.

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Preliminary Observations on the Subject

General Remarks on the Manners and Fashions of the

The same Subject, of Female Beauty, more explicitly

General Thoughts on Dress and Personal Decoration .
On the Peculiarities of Dress, with reference to the

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118

Peculiarities in Carriage and Demeanour

On the Management of the Person in Dancing, and in

the exercise of other Female Accomplishments

Continuation of the same Subject

Conclusion

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169

APPENDIX.

On the Use of Corsets

177

On the Ladies' Passion for Levelling all Distinction of