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MR. PIPS HIS DIARY. and their Noſes to the Sky, holding their Heads as high as Peacocks for Pride in their Frippery and plump Calves! Theſe Fellows are as fine as Court Cards, and full as Ridiculous, and they do divert me in the Extreme : only their bepowdered Pates do offend me, for I think the Faſhion an uncleanly one; and after all, I wonder how their Maſters and Miſtreſſes can delight in dreſſing them out ſo much like Mountebanks. Did note divers Noble Lords and Gentlemen of the Houſe of Commons whom I did know either by Sight or from the Caricatures in the Shop-Windows. From four to five o'Clock around the Ring and up and down by the Serpentine to make my Obſervations. Methought how jolly these fine People muſt be, and how happy they looked compared to a Beggar Boy whom I did ſpy ſquatting on the Graſs: yet no Doubt many of them have Troubles enough, and ſome may be even ſhort of Caſh to pay for their Vanities. After that, to the Corner, by the Powder Magazine, nigh to Kenfington Gardens, to ſee the Company alight from their Carriages, and take an Inventory of the Ladies' Dreſſes, whereof to furniſh an Account to my Wife. Then away Home at half-paſt Five, and ſo to Dinner off a Shoulder of Mutton and Onion-Sauce, which my Wife doth make exceeding Well, and my Dinner did content me much; and thereupon I did promiſe my Wife a new Bonnet, the Like whereof I had ſeen on a Counteſs in the Park, and ſo both in great Good Humour, and very loving all the Evening.