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I recommend acres Of clumsy dressmakers—
 * Their fit and their finishing touches;

A sum in addition They pay for permission
 * To say that they make for the Duchess!

Those pressing prevailers, The ready-made tailors,
 * Quote me as their great double-barrel;

I allow them to do so, Though
 * Would jib at their wearing apparel!

I sit, by selection, Upon the direction
 * Of several Companies bubble;

As soon as they're floated I'm freely bank-noted—
 * I'm pretty well paid for my trouble!

At middle-class party I play at écarté—
 * And I'm by no means a beginner;

To one of my station The remuneration—
 * Five guineas a night and my dinner.

I write letters blatant On medicines patent—
 * And use any other you mustn't;

And vow my complexion Derives its perfection
 * From somebody's soap—which it doesn't.