Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ Wherefore, Pray Mother, says she, let the Taylor take Measure of me for a New-Gown, Alas Child, says the Mother, how is it possible to make any one Garment to Fit a Body that appears every Day in a several Shape? ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ Let a Man but say What he would have, When, and how Much, or how Little, and the Moons Taylor may take Measure of him; but to be Longing for this thing to Day, and for that thing co Morrow; to change Likings for Loathings, and to stand Withing and Hankering at a Venture, how is it possible for any Man to be at Reft in this Fluctuant Wandering Humour and Opinion? There's no fitting of a Gown to a Body that's of One Size when you take Measure of it, and of another when you come to put it on. ”
