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Seldom at council, never in a war, Jilts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young lords had wit; The fair sat panting at a courtier's play, And not a mask went unimproved away; The modest fan was lifted up no more,...

Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People - Page 239
by Ephraim Chambers - 1870
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Godey's Lady's Book, Volume 94

1877 - 560 pages

...love." Горе, in allusion to the fan as a shield of the countenance, says :— "The modest face was lifted up no more. And virgins smiled at what they blushed- before." Addison says: "Women are armed with fans as men with swords, and sometimes do more execution with them."...

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