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151742Impressions on PollyAnonymous
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"Polly"
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Impressions on Polly.

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At sixteen she was sweet of face; Her intellect was grand, But she was awkwardness itself— No grace could she command. Who?—Polly.
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At seventeen she was so fat That when she walked, she waddled, Just like the duckling who could swim Quite well before he toddled. Who?—Polly.
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At eighteen, tho; her mother said, Her “miss was much amiss in grace.” She bought her corsets which Made her appear like this. Who?—Polly.
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They didn’t fit, you know, and so, Being stiff and ugly, they, Gave her a backward look which made Her seem about this way. Who?—Polly.
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She couldn’t twist, she couldn’t turn; She couldn’t bend, somehow, Until they found an improved make, Enabling her to bow. Who?—Polly.
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‘Twas a “tight squeeze,” but then, it helped Her figure to improve: Her picture then, at nineteen, was Like what you see above. Whose? Polly’s.
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And then came Langdon & Batcheller’s Genuine Glove-fitting corset, And she and all her host of friends Now wear it and indorse it. Whose?—Polly’s.
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And now, at twenty,—full of grace— Of beauty and of bliss, Her lissome figure curves and bends Bewitchingly, like this. Whose?—Polly’s.
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alt= Langdon & Batcheller’s GENUINE THOMSON’S Glove-Fitting CORSETS. Best on Earth DO YOU WEAR THEM?
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TRADE MARK.
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