Miss

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Miss D--v--np--rt, No 14, _Lisle-street,

Leicester-fields_.

The nymphs like Nereids round her couch

were plac'd,

Where she another sea-born Venus lay;

She lay and lean'd her cheek upon her hand,

And cast a look fo languishingly sweet,

As if secure of all beholders hearts,

Neglecting she could take 'em.

This young charmer, for she is not

yet past the bloom of eighteen, has so

beautiful a face, that though here and

there the general ravager of beauty has

left his dented marks in a skin, that the

finest tints of the tulip, carnation, or

rose, blended with the hue of the fairest

lily, cannot equal, (so vastly superior is

the vermilion tinge of nature, in this her

choicest and most animated work over

all other) yet their effect is rather pleas-

ing than otherwise; and perhaps have

tempered a blaze of beauty, which with-

out them would have been insupportable.

Her eyes are of that colour, which the

celebrated Fielding has given the heroine

ofhis most admirable work, and which

dart

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dart a lustre peculiar to themselves.

From such an eye each look has power

to raise

"The loosest wishes in the chastest heart,"'

and melt the soul to all the thrillings of

unasked desire, till quite overpowered

with the transporting gaze, the senses

faint, and hasten to enjoyment. Her

hair is also black, of which great orna-

ment, nature has been lavishly bountiful,

for when loose, it flows in unlimited

tresses down to her waist; nor are the

_tendrills_ of the _moss covered grotto_ thinner

distributed, but though not yet _bushy_,

might truly be stiled _Black Heath_; how

early this _thicket_ of her maidenhead _was

penetrated_ through, by the natural invader

of _Middlesex_, we cannot pretend to say;

moft probably when it was only

a small brake; for from its present

state, and the extraordinary warmth

of the soil, it must have began to shoot

very early, and the mother of all things

must have opened the sanguinary sluices

in this delightful _Channel_, at an early

period. The mount above, has a most

delicious swell, as ambitious to receive

on it downy bed, its _swelling rival_and

_antagonist_

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_antagonist_, and it is so well clothed, that

it may be justly called the Cyprian

Grove; whilst her breasts are so fine and

so fully shaped, as to entitle her to be

stiled _en bon point_, in the richest sense of

the words, and they have a springinness

that defies any weight whatever, of amo-

rous pressure. Here the voluptuary

might revel in pleasure, better imagined

than described, in

"Soft silent rapture and extatic bliss."

Her teeth are remarkably fine; she is

tall, and so well proportioned (when you

examine her whole naked figure, which

she will permit you to do, if you per-

form Cytherean Rites like an able priest)

that she might be taken for a fourth

Grace, or a breathing Animated Venus

de Medicis. Her disposition and tem-

per is remarkably good, so sweet that it

is your own fault if it be soured;

for she is possesed of an uncommon

share of politeness, nothing rude or un-

courteous in her manner, but abounding

with civility and good breeding; her

connections are good, and she has a

keeper (a Mr. H--nn--h) both kind

and

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and liberal; notwithstanding which, she

has no objection to two supernumerary

guineas.

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Miss G--rge, _at a Grocer's Shop, South

Moulton-Street_.

Hast thou beheld a fresher, sweeter nymph,

Such war of white and red upon her cheeks,

What stars do spangle, Heaven, with so much

beauty,

As those two eyes become that Heav'nly face.

At the tempting luscious age of nine-

teen, this lovely girl presents us with a

face well worth the attention of the _na-

turalist_; She is of a fine fair complexion,

with light brown hair, which waves in

many a graceful ringlet, has good teeth,

and her tell-tale dark eyes, speak indeed,

the tender language of love, and beam

unutterable softness; she is tall of stature;

and of the moft tempting _en bon point_;

plump breasts, which in whiteness sur-

pass the driven _snow_, and melt the most

_snowy_ of mankind to rapture. Her name

she borrows from a gentleman, who,

some little time ago, posessed her (as he

thought

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thought) entirely for some time, but find-

ing himslef mistaken, and tired with the

_cornuted_ burthen on his brows, he left her

about six months ago, to seek support in

this grand mart of pleasure; and as she

has been remarkably successful, and sti11

remains a favourite piece for the enjoy-

ment of her charms, and the conversa-

tional intercourse, with a temper remark-

ably good, for a whole night she ex-

pects five pounds five shillings.

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Miss Cl--nt--on, near Middlesex Hospital.

Mark my eyes, and as they languish,

Read what your's have written there.

This is a very genteel made little girl,

with the languishing eye of an Eloise;

like her too, she is warm with the _fire_ of

love, in all its native freedom, which,

fanned by the amorous air, soon kindles

into a flame that cannot be quenched

but by the powerful effects of the

_Cyprian Torrent_, which she is very fond

of being _bathed in_; she has good teeth,

And a lilly white skin, which is beauti-

fully

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fully contrasted by a _grot_ black as the

sooty raven, which, for two pounds two,

will entertain you a whole night.

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Miss Betsy Cl--rke, No. 1 1, _Stephen-Street,

Rathbone Place_.

Hope, with a gaudy prospect feeds the eye,

Sooths every sense, does with each with

comply;

But false enjoyment the kind guide destroys,

We lose the passion in the treacherous joys.

Enjoyment is the most exquisite of

human pleasures; ah! what a pity it is

so short in duration. Nature wound up

to the highest pitch, after striking _twelve_,

immediately descends to poor solitary

_one_: these are the reflections that na-

turally arise on enjoying Betsy. Though

she is but little, she is an epitome of de-

light, a quintescence of joy, which by the

most endearing chemistry, give all spirit,

and unite in small compass, the efficacy

of a much larger bulk. Her lovely fair

tresses and elegant countenance beat

alarms to love; but we attack only to

fall in the breach, and lament that the

luscious

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luscious conflict is so soon ended. The

common destroyer of beauty has made a

few dells on the face of this fair Jewess,

but a pair of pretty dimples makes ample

amends, and quite over balances these

trifling imperfections; she has been in

life not more than six months, and ex-

pects, if she calls any man a friend,

to receive two guineas the first visit.

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Miss D--gl--ss, No. 1, _Poland-Street_.

See through the liquid eye, the melting glance,

The buried soul in lovely tumults lost,

And all the senses to the _centre sent_.

She is of the middle size, light hair,

blue eyes, and about twenty-two; she is

a very agreeable companion, fings a

good song, and is a buxom, lively,

luscious bed-fellow, but has nothing re-

markable above the common run of

women of the town, who are young and

handsome; she has been a sportswoman

in the Cyprian Games about five years,

and always expects two pounds two be-

fore she is mounted.

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