COVENT-GARDEN LADIES

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Miss L--st--r, No. 6, _Union-Street,

Oxford-Road_.

Oh, pleasing talk, to paint the ripen'd charms

Of youth untutor'd in the female arts;

To see instinctively desire blaze out,

And warm the mind with all its burning joys.

The _tell-tale eyes_ in liquid pools sustain'd,

The throbbing breast now rising, now suppress't;

The _thrilling bliss_ quick darting thro' the frame,

The _short fetch'd sighs_, the snow white twining

limbs,

The sudden gush, and the extatic oh.

SUCH our all pleasing L--st--r

leads the train, and, smiling like

the morn, unfolds her heaven of beauties.

Oh, for a _Guido's touch_, or _Thomson's

thought_,

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thought_, to paint the richness of her

unequall'd charms; every perfection

that can possibly adorn the face and

mind of Woman seem centered in this be-

witching girl; hither resort then, ye

genuine lovers of beauty and good

sense; here, whilst _Plutus_ reigns, may

you revel nor know satiety; here feast

the longing appetite, and return with

fresh _vigor_ to every _attack_. Now arrived

at the tempting age of nineteen, her ima-

gination is filled with every luscious

idea, _refined_ sensibiiity, and _fierce desire_

can unite, her form is majestic, tall, and

elegant; her make truly genteel, her

complexion

-----As April's lily fair,

And blooming as June's brightest rose.

Painted by the masterly hand of nature,

shaded by tresses of the darkest brown,

and enlivened by two stars that swim in

all the essence of unsatiated love.

Her pouting lips distil nectarious balm,

And thro' the frame its thrilling transports

dart;

which, when parted, display a casket

of snow white pearls, ranged in the nicest

regularity, the _neighbouring hills_ below

full

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full ripe for manual pressure, firm, and

elastic, and heave at every touch. The

_Elysian font_, in the centre of a _black be-

witching grove_, supported by two pyra-

mids white as alabaster, very delicate,

and soft as turtle's down. At the _approach_

of their _favourite lord_ unfold, and for

three guineas he is conducted to this

_harbour_ of never failing delight. Add

to all this, she sings well, is a very

chearful companion, and has only been,

in _life_ nine months.

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Miss H--ll--nd, No. 2, _York-Street,

Queen-Ann-Street_.

No time shall pass without that dear delight,

I'll talk of love all day, and aca it all the night;

Pleasure and I as to one goal design'd,

Will run with equal pace, while sorrow lays

behind.

Those who choose to sail the island

of love in a _first rate_ ship, or to enclose

an armful of delight, must be pleased

with this lady; who, tho' only seventeen

and short, is very fat and corpulent;

yet, notwithstanding, she is a fine piece

of frailty; her face is handsome and

her

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her _nut brown locks_, which are placed

_above_ and below, promise a luscious

treat to the voluptuary. Her temper is

agreeable and pleasing, and she is so far

from being mercenary, that a single

guinea is the boundage of her wish.

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Miss B--rn, No. 18, _Old Compton

Street, Soho_.

Close in the arms she languishingly lies,

With dying looks, short breath, and wishing

eyes.

This accomplished nymph has just

attained her eighteenth year, and fraught

with every perfection, enters a volunteer

in the field of Venus. She plays on the

piano forte, sings, dances, and is mistress

of every _Manoeuvre_ in the amorous contest

that can enhance the coming pleasure;

is of the middle stature, fine auburn

hair, dark eyes, and very inviting

countenance, which ever seems to beam

delight and love. In bed she is all the

heart can wish, or eye admire, every

limb is symmetry, every action under

cover truly amorous; her price is two

pounds two.

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