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 and Senti?nents. 427 inftead of holding it under her arm ; and the queen, with her hand on the Ihuttle, is performing the final operation of weaving. Some of the more elegant female accomplifhments, which were unknown in the earlier ages, were now coming into vogue. Dancing No. 266. A Slueen and her Damjels at Work. was, as already Hated, a more ftvourite amufement than ever, and it received a new eclat from the frequent introduftion of new dances, of which fome of the old popular writers give us long lifts. Some of thefe, too, were of a far more adive and exciting defcription than formerly. One of the perfonages in the early interlude of "The Four Elements," talks of perfons — That Jhall both daunce and fpryng. And tome dene above the grounde, IVithfryfcas and ivith gambaiudts round, 'That all the hall (hall ryng. Mufic, aUb, was more extenfively cultivated as a domcftic accomplilh- ment : and it was a more common thing to meet with ladies who indulged in