It would be (as I once observd before) a Great Novelty to a Londoner to see one of these CongregationsThe Men with only I a thin Shirt and pair of Breeches or Trousers onbarelegged and barefootedThe Women bareheaded, barelegged and barefoot with only a thin Shift and under PetticoatYet I cannot break [them?] of thisfor the heat of the Weather admits not of any [but] thin CloathingI can hardly bear the Weight of my Whig and Gown, during Service. The Young Women have a most uncommon Practise, which I cannot break them off. They draw their Shift as tight as possible to the Body, and pin it close, to shew the roundness of their Breasts, and slender Waists (for they are generally finely shaped) and draw their Petticoat close to their Hips to shew the fineness of their Limbsso that they might as well be in Puri NaturalibusIndeed Nakedness is not censurable or indecent here, and they expose themselves often quite Naked, without CeremonyRubbing themselves and their Hair with Bears Oil and tying it up behind in a Bunch like the Indiansbeing hardly one degree removed from themIn few Years, I hope to bring about a Reformation, as I already have done in several Parts of the Country.It ain't your powdered wig colonial period, that's for sure.
He is fascinating.
He doesn’t shrink from writing what he wants to write, that’s for sure.
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