Miss

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Miss Betsy R--l--ns, No. 12, _Little

Tichfield Street_.

Just at fifteen the _down_ of nature grew,

O'er the soft yielding _lips_ of crimson hue;

The wanton fire of love began to play,

And on her bosom shew its powerful sway

When two more years had ripened every joint,

All nature's power did to the _centre_ point,

And still continues to point there,

never seeking for a more engaging part,

than that whose natural instinct so forcibly

point to that _central_ abode; and well

may it point there, for she can command

a Paradise of bliss; a fair eye, and

beautiful complexion, together with

firm panting breasts, busy hand, which

loves to be busily employed in inviting the

tumid guest to her dear land of delight;

the two grand supporters of which always

unfold at the approach of this never un-

welcome visitor, whose _knocking_ and

entrance is generally performed at the

same time; the _dando_ and _reddendo_ game

soon began, which cannot be won but by

death. She is tall and genteelly formed,

good teeth, a fair skin, and pretty

melting light eyes, and was taught,

when

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when in keeping by the surgeon sh takes

her name from, that kind of behaviour

that does credit to herself, and is very

rare to be met with amongst the frail

daughters of pleasure.

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Mrs, W--rd, No. 19, _Union Street,

Middlesex Hospital_.

There is a joy to melt in her embrace,

Dissolve in pleasures, not in delights.

She is a fine lusty well looking lady;

her eyes and hair are dark; her teeth

good, and her age about thirty; she sees

much company, and none depart unsatis-

fied, it being her study to please, and her

pride to be thought worthy of a second

visit. She is very careful of her health,

and where she has the least reason to

suspect infection, is very strict in examin-

ing the ambassador of love e'er she re-

ceives his tribute. Tho' a very generous

dealer, and one who has dealt in our

market at least ten years, she does not

appear to be quite void of sensibility;

but seems to give pleasing proofs that she

feels delight, as well as bestows it. Her

old

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old friend, whose name she stole, has

been long dead, and by his death has

reduced her to accept of almost any sum

her paramour offers.

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Miss J--hn--t--n, No. 6, _Church

Court, St. Martin's Lane_.

Here roses red, and lilys fair;

The gifts of nature, deck her air.

Oh for a touch of the pencil of anima-

tion to color the picture of one of the most

lively productions in our exhibition; she

is genteel and well made, with a beautiful

face, the tints in which are done by

nature alone, fine light hair, and a pretty

learing eye, that would make a monk

disregard his vow of celibacy, or a

mahometan think that he had got one of

the daughters of paradise; her mouth

small, her lips tempting; her teeth even,

white, and regular; her foot and leg

smart, and her dress at once neat and

genteel. But these are not the sole

powers of this lady; she is acquainted at

once

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once with the whole rationale of love, as

well as with the entire practice of it; and

whether we talk of those mysteries which

are only known by the adepts, or those

more clumsily applied operations of the

lower orders of the sisterhood, she is up

to every thing in love's tactics. Her

dialect does not tell us she is a native of

Scotland, tho' her father, who is an

half pay officer, yet resides there; at

this period when the powers of love or

lust are at their full bloom, necessity and

inclination together, prompted her to

become a dancer on our cyprian stage,

and is very desirous of pleasing every

man that makes her his partner, and is

so very careful of her health, that before

she receives her _guinea_, she must examine

every _one_ of her partner's _legs_.

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Mrs. S--tt--n, No. 31, _Tavistock-Street_.

When will the dear man come, that I may

hold him

Fast as my love can make him, hug him close

As my fond soul can wish; give all my breath

In sighs and kisses, tell I swoon with rapture.

All this she seems to say to each

admirer; it cannot be true to all. But

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no matter. Vanity whispers to each,

_this is for thee alone_, and the self-deceived

dolt believes it. Miss S--tt--n, indeed,

can give pleasure; her agreeable per-

son, animated eyes, and lively manner,

promise pleasing enjoyment, and in that

she does not deceive; she artfully prolongs

the pleasure to its utmost limits, and even

then repines it is so short. She is of a

comfortable size, genteelly form'd, with a

pretty round face, a little pimpled, very

pretty orient teeth, and now just entered

her twenty-second year; her lodgings are

neat and elegant, for the use of which,

and a little _black apartment_, she always

carries about her; she expects, at least 3

guineas; if not at home, in the evening,

is generally to be met with in the green

boxes.

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Miss C--p--r, at a China shop, _Russell

Court_.

Let me press therein my arms,

Tune of my heart, and charmer of my eyes,

Nay, thou shall hear the extacy from me,

I'll make thee smile with my extravagant passion.

This lady is neither handsome, well

dress'd, well lodg'd, nor well bred; yet

she

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she will give more delight than most of

the finical dames, who think they do

their gallants a favour to admit their em-

braces at a high price. This humble girl

is thankful for a crown, and will testify

her gratitude in whatever way you chuse,

she is willing to appear in the dress of

_pure nature_, as her skin is without spot

or blemish, her breasts small and plump,

and her limbs well turned and well pro-

portioned. It is her joy to give joy, and

she omits no means of procuring it;

though her compliance is ample, she is

so reserved in her demand that she takes

what is given, and does not, like too

many of her sisterhood, seize the minute

just preceding the moment of extacy to

demand more, and either proceed or

draw back as her demands are gratify'd or

not. In short she is worthy of some de-

gree of elevation, to enable her to walk

a more gainful round than Catherine-

street, or the Strand. She has lately been

to visit her parents in Derbyshire, and is

now returned a tolerable fresh piece

again.

Mrs.

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Mrs. H--w--rd, No. 14, _Moor's-place,

Lambeth_.

Her brows are arch'd, and rather full and thin,

To shade the dazzling light that dwells therein.

Although Mrs. H--w--rd cannot be

more than twenty-six, she has been a true

sportswoman, at the cyprian games, for

at least twelve years, and has within these

late ones contracted such an habit of in-

timacy with the gin bottle, that unless a

person is particularly partial to it, it is al-

most intolerable, to approach her. At

Brighton, this last season, she was the fa-

vourite girl at Mrs.John--n's, and had she

not, through a foolish fondness, gave the

preference to her dear Mr. Sn--m,

it is in general believed Mr. W----, the

capital Brewer, would have taken her

under his own protection; she is rather too

short, and too fat, fine dark hair; and

eyes and eye-brows that answer very well

to her motto; the _grove_ below is _well

thatched_, and ample enough in size to _take

in_ any guest; but still she has learnt the

knack of _contracting_ it, and a small made

gentleman may feel the tender friction.

When she elopes from her dear fellow,

she is to be met with at Mrs. J--ns--n's,

in German-street, and does not turn

away any money offered her.

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Mrs. H--ll--ngb--rg, No. 4, _Castle-

Street, East_.

In hell and earth, and seas and heaven above,

Love conquers all, and we must yield to force.

This lady, tho' an adept in the art, so

nobly erases true impudence, with false

modesty, that her lover would be almost

lead to think his chosen fair, at first sight,

an immaculate Virgin. The _supreme gush_,

the enraptured moment she so mutually

interchanges, or at least seems so to do,

that she might well be stil'd the paragon

of her sex; and so perfectly well convin-

ced of her own proficiency in the art,

(altho in spite, of those killing lumi-

naries, embellished by a tolerable good

skin, she has too large a mouth ever to

be stil'd a beauty) she never will see her

man a second time, unless Plutus has suf-

ficiently shewn his power first. Our

charmer was taken from her parents, and

taught the use of the _tree of life_ at a very

early period; but never had the good for-

tune on her side to be much exalted: in-

deed, when we consider the more early

part of her life was spent, and the whole

of her education was received in a sea port

town, we cannot be much surprised.

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