Excerpt from The Amazoniad; Or Figure and Fashion, a Scuffle in High Life: With Notes Critical and Historical Interspersed With Choice Anecdotes of Bon Ton It may perhaps surprize many, theta person, removed like me from the Cabinets of the great and the Boudoirs of the fair, should be able to acquire a knowledge of such high matters. People may be led to question the authenticity of the relations here given, but I pledge myself for the veracity and fidelity of the Narratives: and the surprize of my Reader will cease, when he shall be told, what infinite pains I have taken to procure information. I have searched every corner where knowledge was to be found - I have assumed various disguises to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.