An Address to Persons of Fashion, Containing Some Particulars Relating to Balls

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Excerpt from An Address to Persons of Fashion, Containing Some Particulars Relating to Balls: And a Few Occasional Hints Concerning Play-Houses, Card-Tables, &C., , In Which Is Introduced the Character of Lucinda, a Lady of the Very Best Fashion, and of Most Extraordinary PietyI am fenfible that the mighty torrent of eufiom is againfi me, and that I may be branded with the appellation of a precijéfana tic yet I hope to demonftrate with the clearelt evidence that bal L s are entirely confifient with the Spirit of chrzylianity, and that it is not pofiible to be prefent at them without incurring great guilt: All I defire of thofe who re ad the following pages is, (what I have already requefted in the Preface) that they will for a little while diveft them felves of all prejudice, and not blindly refolve to condemn, before they read. The argu ments I {hall bring, are all founded upon Scripture and plain Reafon, therefore till rhgy can be anl'wered from Scripture and plain Reafon, it is neither Laughter, Sneers, nor Ridicule, that can invalidate their force.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.