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Mifs B-ird, Maiden Lane.

Happy in a fine florid countenance, and
though but small in ftature, has a great
fhare of vivacity. She fings a very agree-
able fong, is very droll in her manner,
and has a great paflion for dancing.---Well
known at feveral affemblies, and often
feen at Haberdafher's Hall.

Mifs B-wen, Castle Street, Mews.

Has a fine perfon, ſhe is tall, genteel,
and elegantly ſhaped; her face is not equal
to her perfon, yet there is ſomething plea-
fing in it. Her complexion is fair, and
ſhe has good hazel eyes; her face, how-
ever, requires ſeveral additional touches
of Nature's pencil, in order to denomi-
nate her a beauty. But the lover who is
defirous of feaſting upon ſolid joys, is
ſure of enjoying as luffious a banquet
with her, as with any beauty in the three
kingdoms. She has a remarkable fine
hand and arm, and has, perhaps, made as
many

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many conqueſts by them as by her eyes.
It is faid, that ſhe has been ſeveral times
in keeping, but finding, by experience,
that a ſtate of concubinage lays a reſtraint
upon a woman, at leaſt equal to that of
wedlock, ſhe at preſent chufes to ſee com-
pany at her lodgings. Her education is
much ſuperior to the generality of women
of pleafure, and her converſation is very
entertaining; and though ſhe has a train
of admirers, ſhe is, however, very pru-
dent in the choice of thofe to whom ſhe
difpences her favours, always giving the
preference to the beſt bidder.

Mifs Nancy B-wen, Castle Street Mews.

Many of our qualities and diſpoſitions run
in the blood, and are common to different
perſons of the fame family. There is a
ſifterly reſemblance between the Mifs
B-w-ns, but Nancy is generally allowed to
be the fineſt woman of the two. She
is tall and genteel in her perſon, but her
eyes are much finer, and there is more ex-


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preſſion

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preffion in her face, than that of her fifter.
Nancy is alternately buffeting between
high and low life; for Dame Fortune, who
behaves in a capricious manner to perſons
in every ſtation of life, does ſo in a particu-
lar manner to Ladies of pleafure.

MifS S-glet-n, John Street, Oxford Road.

Coy and referved, till ſhe becomes ac-
quainted with her man; but after a few
glaſſes, this wears all off, and ſhe will Hob
or Nob, and drink numberleſs merry toaſts,
before the bargain is ſtruck; after which
ſhe tamely and paſſively ſubmits to all the
tender and preluding invafions of the
hands and lips; and goes mechanically
through every evolution of her love-trans-
ports, with the calmneſs and facility of a
veteran.

MifS Ch-ndl-r, Maiden Lane.

A woman of pleafing figure, rather
above the middle ſize, extremely well ſhap-
ed, and in deportment ſuperior to moſt
women.

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women. Her complexion very brown,
and her eyes of a deep blue and very live-
ly. The critical judges of beauty are of
opinion thet they ſhould be black, in order
to ſuit her complexion; but her face plea-
fes, and that is enough both for her and
her lovers.

Mrs. P-t-fon, alias J-ckſon, Hay-market.

This piece of affectation is the daughter
of a ftrolling player, and was herſelf for
ſome time an affects in the country; but
not having the good fortune to pleafe by
her theatrical performances, ſhe attached
herſelf entirely to her preſent profeſſion,
in which ſhe has generally had good ſuc-
ceſs.---She was for a ſhort time kept by a
gentleman of confiderable fortune, who
took a trip with her to Paris; there ſhe
engaged in an amour with a French dancer;
and being by her keeper ſurprized in a
familiar poſture with him, was turned off.
Upon her return to England, ſhe was
taken into keeping, by a Jew, whom ſhe

ſoon

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foon after left, not on account of his religion, but because the Israelite, (who was not one of the richest of his tribe) paid her but poorly. She was after that kept by a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn, whom she quitted likewise, not being better satisfied with him, than with her circumcised lover. Indeed she had reason to be much lefs so, for her commerce with the limb of the law obliged her to have recourse to a surgeon, who drained her of all her cash. At this time she is perfectly cured, as several gentlemen can and are ready to teftify.

Miss P-w-ll, Southampton Street.

Very genteel in her person, and pleasing in her behaviour; but her hair is quite red; very metlesome and fpirited after the second bottle; though we would not be underftood to mean that she is ever difguifed with liquor.

Mijſs

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Mijſs S-ll-y, Orange Court, Castle Street,
Leicester Fields.

A pretty neat, fair complexion'd laſs,
with fine black eyes, well arched eye-
brows, of a majestic deportment, and very
fincere in her friendſhips and attachments.

Mijſs St-le, Green Street, Leicester Fields.

Delicate and obliging; fair complexion,
and charming blue eyes, which are armed
with tenderneſs. She is but ſhort in ſta-
ture, though when dressed out for the
Market, looks very tempting, and has an
uncommon ſhare of good humour and
ſprightlineſs; ſhe is rather too fond of va-
riety to know the value of money, as ſhe
fets no bounds to her generofity when diſ-
poſed to gratify her paffions.

Mijſs Hay-s, Grafton Street, Soho.

This young girl has neither beauty,
wit, or elegance; and ever ſince ſhe be-
came one of the ſifterhood, has been con-
tinually

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tinually plunged in one continued series
of debauchery and incontinence; in short,
she has no other recommendation but her
good nature, and a disposition to please
the most capricious of the other sex.

Mrs. Str-&l-nd.

A motherly, complaisant gentlewoman--
properly qualified for gentlemen turned of
forty to amuse themselves with. As to
her personal charms, we beg to be excused
from entering into them, as she has de-
clared her resentment against us, on this
account, a great while ago.

Mifs W-ll-gh-m, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.

Not of very advantageous figure, but
her fine black eyes cannot be look'd upon
without excelling all the thrilling emotions
of desire in the soul of the beholder.

Mifs Y-rke, Queen-Street, Cavendish-Square.

A dear, good-natured genteel young
lady, who omits nothing that can any way
contribute

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contribute to the entertainment of her
gallants. She is middle-sized, with light
brown hair; beautiful limbs; and the
best kissing lips in the world. Very high-
priced.

Mifs B-w-r, Bow-Street, Covent-garden.

Mifs B-w-r is in person tall, tho' neither
remarkably genteel or graceful. She is
without any defect in shape or any awk-
wardness in deportment. Her face is not
more striking than her person, her eyes
are blue and her complexion fancy. If it
does not please, however, it does not dif-
please, and that is sufficient; for a fine
face is by no means the most essential thing
in a lady of pleasure. She is particularly
obliging to her customers, and her con-
versation is highly agreeable.

Mifs B-rry, New Street, St. Martin's Lane.

A complete beauty. In her person she is
tall and well shaped; her gestures are grace-
ful, and her behaviour easy. Her eyes
are

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are bright and sparkling, a very glance
seems to be an alarm to love. The
charms of her conversation are equal to
those of her person, and she would cer-
tainly move in much higher sphere than
she does at present, had she not made her-
felf cheap by being too lavish of her fa-
vours. Indeed what an anonymous Poet
has said of a Beauty of the last Age, may
be apply'd to her with the utmost propri-
ety.

So bright are lovely Celias Charms,
'Tis Heaven to lie within her Arms;
And she's so charitably given,
She wishes all mankind in Heaven.

Had it not been for this charitable dispo-
sition, she might be now kept by a no-
bleman; but there are none of the nobi-
lity so indiscreet as to purchase at a high
price what any body may have for a guinea,
and what many a handsome young fellow
has had for nothing. The Covent-garden
Ladies should, from her example, take
warning,

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warning, and not be too prodigal of their
favours.

Mifs Jenny H-llow-y, Green Street, Lei-
cefter Fields.

Extremely genteel in her person, tho'
her face cannot be fet in competition with
several in our Lift; but in her different
menœvres is capable of communicating
much pleasure and delight. She shifts her
lodgings so often that we seldom know
where to find her; and is the daughter of
a Country Clergyman in the West of Eng-
land, who dying left his widow incum-
bered with four daughters, (Mifs Jenny
being the eldest) for whom he had made
no other provision, but a large collection
of Manuscript Sermons, which were, with
difficulty, fold for half a guinea per
dozen.

Mifs C-rb-tt, Bridges Street.

A fine delicate creature!—lately come
on. Her fine black eyes, the yielding
softness

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softnefs of which befpeak a foul replete
with tendernefs, may be compared to thofe
of Juno Queen of Heaven. She is tall,
genteel, and her ſkin in whitenefs furpaffes
the new-fallen ſnow. ---Such are the darl-
ing beauties of her ſnowy boſom, that to
attempt a deſcription of them would be
in vain; their heaving cannot be beheld
without emotion, they ſeem to court the
hand, and ſue to be preſs'd. We have
often ſeen her in a riding habit, and her
connexions with a merchant in the city
are greatly to her advantage. She makes
no ſecret of the ſtory of her profitution,
which reflects much diſhonour on her ſe-
ducer, and eternal infamy on the keepers
of a Bagnio in St. J--mes's Street.

Mifs Spr-ngh-ll, *Bridges Street, in the ſame
house with the above Lady.*

Very genteel in her perſon, fair com-
plexion, light blue eyes, and very alluring
in her manner. She is of a very amorous
difpoſition, has not been much hackneyed,
is very ſuſceptible of ſlattery, and has
a peculiar

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a peculiar way of infinuating herself into
the favour of her man.

Mifs W-ll, Bow Street.

A tall well-shaped woman; her com-
plexion very fair, and ſeems peculiarly a-
dapted to enrich the annals of Cupid with
her amorous exploits; the commanding
vivacity of her eyes, and beauteous heave
of her boſom, melts the foul into a ſwim-
ming softneſs, and through every vein and
artery love shoots triumphant.

Mifs P-ntz, St. Margaret's Church-yard.

This young girl ſeems to have been bred
in genteel life; and though her perſon is
not ſo attracting as could be wifhed, ſhe
is a good companion, and very delicate in
her choice of thofe to whom ſhe grants
the favour of a night's lodging. It is re-
ported ſhe has a good voice, and ſings
extremely well, a circumstance which does
not a little contribute to make her agree-
able to the joyous votaries of Comus. We
gave
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gave a very circumstantial account of this
lady last year, to which the reader is re-
ferred.

Miss P-ntz, Queen Anne-Street, Cavendish-
Square.

A fine tall, genteel woman; (fifter
every way to the before-mentioned young
lady) she had last year connections with a
little Jew-looking surgeon, who kept her
body in good repair; in this she had an
eye to the emolument of her pocket; for
the frequent drawbacks of surgeons and
apothecaries bills are very great, if not
the only burthens to which the devotees
of pleasure are subject.

Miss Sym-nds, near the Temple Gate, Fleet-
Street,

Has good features, though not exactly
regular; she is something above the mid-
dle size, her eyes are blue, and her hair
of a fine light brown. Few women of
the town have gone through more scenes
of

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of life, than the above heroine. It is said
of her, that she was debauched so early
in life, that at present she does not know
the name of her first betrayer. She sold
nosegays and rings at Bath about seven
years ago, and upon her first coming to
town, she was so low in the world as to
be obliged to sell oranges, wine, coffee,
&c. at the play-houses and the opera-
house. She did not, however, continue
long in this sphere of life; for Sir James
W—, whose taste was somewhat capri-
cious, discovering in her a something which
was overlooked by every body else, took
her into keeping, and she went by his
name.—Sir James W— dying in a short
time after they became acquainted, the
importance she had acquired by being his
mistres, soon procured her another keep-
er.—W— R—, Esq; succeeded the Baro-
net, and dying soon after likewife, gave
rise to a report, that her tenement was
mortal, and must in a short time prove
defstructive to every incumbent. This

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report

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report prevented her being taken again
into keeping, and she now submits to the
drudgery of plying between Temple Bar
and Somerset House.--We should not have
mentioned her in our Lift, but at the request
of some of our friends, by way of caution.

Miss R-ft-r, alias R-fs, Lodgings not settled,
but supposed to be in Brook Street, Holborn.

This lafs is young and tender; has ma-
ny good qualities; is gentle, tractable,
and grateful; very silent in company, but
emphatical in all her actions; particularly in
that scene of blifs and unutterable delight;
that high-wrought agitation and to-and-fro
friction, when nature lets loofe its store-
bag of balfamic sweets; when she gives
the languishing stretch-out, and dies at
the discharge.---She was mentioned laft
year; has been all the summer in the
country, and at the time of printing this
lift, was not returned.

Mifs

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Miss Fr-nch, St. Martin's Lane.

This lafs has a pair of the fineft brilli-
ant eyes, of the bluifh hue; and her legs
and thighs are moft exquifitely ſhaped,
though ſhe is but ſmall in ſtature: her
breaths have a fine degree of firmneſs, and
ſhe has every gift nature can well beſtow
on her perſon, and at the fame time affects
all the aukwardneſs and ſimplicity of a
country education; though when engaged
in the amorous conflict, ſhe throws off all
reſtraint, and ſtrives to give her man the
moſt extatic pleafure.

Mifs Doff-nſt-n, Phænix Alley, Hart Street,

Fair, open and generous in her com-
plexion and countenance; her hair inclin-
ing to the fandy colour, and rather ſhort
in ſize; an adept in all the myſtical ceremo-
nies of modern gallantry. Few ladies
have ſo pretty a way of managing an in-
trigue; is of a gay, airy and mercurial
temper, and very extravagant in her drefs.

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Mif

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Miss D-nb-r, *Hart Street*.

Tall and genteel; her complexion naturally very good, though in our opinion the excessive use of artificial colouring will in time destroy it, and she is too often rather cool and languid in her behaviour. When the enlivening glafs has gone round five or fix times, there is a surprizing change, and a gentleman of the niceft tafte may then ſpend some delicious minutes in her company;---when well paid, ſhe ſhews a kind of grateful fondneſs, not unlike love.

Miss Sm-th, *Hart Street*.

A ſhort, little, fat wench, with light hair, and pretty much freckled; her eyes, which are of a light blue, are very piercing. We are acquainted with few women who have a greater ſhare of ſpirits, and though ſhe has no real paſſions to gratify as a woman, yet ſhe has innumerable extравagancies which muſt be indulged, if her man would keep her in a good temper.

Miss

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Miss M-tth-ws, *Golden-Square*.

This girl is rather tall, and elegantly ſhaped; her face oval, with regular features, dark eyes, and finely arched eyebrows; her lips red and pouting. No woman can be fonder of variety, nor endeavour to make herſelf more agreeable; in ſhort, ſhe loves enjoyment, for the mere pleasure of it:---ſhe has been often in keeping, but ſoon breaks out again upon the Town.

Miss C--rk, *Upper End of Bow-Street*.

This is one of those zealous votaries of pleasure, whose chief delight is in the performing frequent acts of adoration to Venus; her perſon is very striking, being somewhat above the middle ſize; and we are well informed ſhe is the moſt complete miftrefs of all the provoking enticements of enjoyment of any girl on the Town.

Miss

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Mifs G-ym-ll, *Bridges-Street*;

Young, agreeable, and well-shaped;
her apartments are genteel; she has a
friendly and easy behaviour, and is far
from a fluttish inanimating companion.

Mifs Sm-th, *Long Acre*.

A tall, thin, neat made lafs, with fine
grey eyes, light brown hair, and a genteel
fall of the shoulders; has seen a great deal of
service, is often introduced into the beft
of company, but if you suffer her to drink
deep of the bowl, riot will enfue.

Mifs L-yd, *Ruffel-Street*.

This is an impudent little romp, who
often lures some aged dotards, by a coun-
terfeited appearance of fondnefs.

Mifs L-yd, *Queen Street*.

Mifs L-yd is pretty tall, and inclinable
to be fat. She has fine black eyes, a fair
and florid complexion, light brown hair

he

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Her lips of coral hue, and her bofom rifes
in a happy fwell. If she had a better fet
of teeth, her face would be very pleafing.
She has been on the public but a twelve-
month, though we had her on the lift two
years; the firft of which she was in keep-
ing. She has a great deal of chat, and is
now and then very amorous.

Mifs Sophy, *Piccadilly*.

This lafs seems to want fome of the re-
quifites neceffary for her fituation. There
is a certain forwardneſs required in thofe
who would make a figure as women of
pleafure, which is as uſeful to them as
beauty; and there is alſo a kind of cun-
ning or art, to mould and pleafe the tem-
pers of men to their own purpofe, as the
celebrated author of the *Meretriciad* ex-
preſſes it,

----------the cunning and the art,
To thumb the guineas, and to steal the heart.

As to her perſonal qualifications, ſhe may
vie with the fineſt in the trade; ſhe is tall

and

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and genteelly shaped, her complexion
quite fair, and has aspirited passionate eye;
her mouth is very pleasing, and hair of the
deep chefnut colour.

Mifs Dr-mm-nd, *Bridges-Street*.

An alert and wanton lafs, quite open
to voluptuous impreffions; very experienc-
ed in the different modes and oddities of
all forts of cuftomers, and much addicted
to intrigue and gaiety.

Mifs J-hnf-n, Mill Yard, Goodman's Fields.

A fine girl, beautiful in her person, and
charming in her air. She is but low in ftature,
but her shape is unexceptionable. Her eyes
are black; their luftre is so bright, and
their beams have fuch an effect upon the
beholder, that what Romeo fays of thofe of
Juliet, may be properly apply'd to her:

---------Two of the brightest stars
Having fome buſineſs, do intreat her eyes
To twinkle in their ſpheres, till they return.

Hea

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Her complexion is fair and delicate, and
her light hair makes an admirable contraſt
to her eyes. Her behaviour is affable,
and her temper ſo generous and obliging,
that ſhe never rejects a lover becaufe his
purſe is not well lin'd.

Mifs J-nny Br-wn, Mill-Yard, Goodman's
Fields.

Mifs J-nny is juſt what the French call
Pagreable em bon point; ſhe is not very tall,
but ſhe has many attractions to compen-
fate for the want of ſtature. Her hair is
of a fine cheſnut, and her eyes of a light
blue; and to ſpeak our ſentiments, their
charms are equal to thofe of the brighteſt.
In a word, if her attractions are not the
moſt ſtriking, ſhe avails herself of them
in ſuch a manner, that few take notice that
ſhe is not a beauty.

Mifs F-ft-r, Mill-Yard, Goodman's Fields,

Reſembles Sappho in her complexion,
which is brown, and is of a diſpoſition
equally

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equally amorous; her fine blue eyes dart
love at every glance, and in her hair,
which is black as jet, a thoufand loves
seem to fport. She is admirable company
over a bottle, but much better in bed; all
thofe who have enjoy'd her own ſhe is ſport
for Jove. Few have been fated with this
lufcious banquet, for her wit is ſo bril-
liant, and her conversation ſo exhilarating,
as to prevent the approach of that lan-
guor and liftleſſneſſs which often ſucceed to
the enjoy ment of a beloved objeſt.

Mifs Ch-rl-tte, Berry-Street, Goodman's
Fields.

Not tall, but of a ſtature where the
graceful ſhews itſelf to equal advantage.
Her hair is black, and in the ringlets of it

The graces, little loves, and young deſires inhabit

Her love-darting eyes vie with her hair in
blackneſs; and he that can behold them
unmoved, muſt have a heart unſuſceptible
of love. The ſymmetry of her limbs is
fuch

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fuch as a ſtatuary could not find fault with.
Since her beauties are ſo great, 'tis not to
be wonder'd at that ſhe has always a crowd
of admirers, to each of whom ſhe gives
looks equally kind, tho' each one thinks
himſelf the favour'd lover. In a word,
one may ſay of her,

Bright as the Sun her eyes the gazers ſtrike,
And like the Sun they ſhine on all alike;
If to her ſhare ſome female errors fall,
Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.

Mifs Bl-nd, Wardour-Street, Soho.

This is a gay, volatile girl; very gen-
teel in her perſon; and has an extraordi-
nary titillation in all her members; which
ſhe is very fond of increaſing, by making
uſe of the provocatives for that purpofe,
fuch as pullets, pigs, veal, new-laid eggs,
oyſters, crabs, prawns, eringoes, electu-
aries, &c. &c.---She is reported to have a
kind of ſavage joy in her embraces, and
fometimes leaves the marks of her penе-
trating teeth on her paramour's cheeks.

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Nancy

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Nancy H-ll, *Stanhope-Street, Clare-Market.*

A little, thin neat wench, with sprightly
eyes, and brown hair; her face rather long
than oval, and her features very small.
Has been on the public but a few months,
in which time she has, perhaps, seen more
of life, than others who may have been ten
times as long. --- From the account we have
heard her relate, it seems probable, that
the great restraint her father laid her un-
der, when she lived with him in Hertford-
shire, might have contributed as much as
any thing to her ruin. --- Her first seducer
was a recruiting officer, who, after enjoy-
ing till he was tired of her, with an incon-
stancy common to military gentlemen,
left her to his serjeant. Nancy was not
dissatisfied at making the exchange, as the
serjeant was greatly superior to his officer
in certain qualifications, the importance
of which is generally acknowledged by the
sex. The regiment removing some time
after into remote quarters, Nancy deter-
mined

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mined upon a journey to London, where
she has been alternately in high and low
life; sometimes in very genteel lodgings,
and then plying in Fleet-street and on Lud-
gate-hill. She was about a week in the
Garden, in very genteel lodgings.

Miss Price, *Orange-street, Leicester-Fields.*

This heroine is truly and lineally de-
fended from an ancient family in the
principality of Wales; she is tall, and has
a fair complexion. Nothing can exceed
the symmetry and proportion of her limbs;
when undressed she is a perfect Venus.
See last year's Lift for a farther account of her.

Miss S-uth, *Thatch'd-house Court, St. James's Street.*

This young lady seems to have been
genteely educated. She is without dif-
pute a fine woman, full of fashion, and
found as a roach. Her eyes are quite
black and piercing, and she seems to have
much tenderneſs in her looks. Her hair

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very

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very dark, and every feature of a delicate caft; the riling of her snowy bosom, and elegant fall of her shoulders, are as pleasing as nature could form them, and few women have a more sprightly way of behaviour, but she will have her price.

Miss Nancy P-rtl-d, Piccadilly.

Nancy's shape is neither genteel nor
clumfy; her features are pleasing, but her
teeth are none of the best, and her breath,
at particular times, is not the most favourable;
she is plump, has black hair, and her eyes
are black and sparkling; she seems at
times to put on all the airs of real affecti-
on for her paramour, though they are ne-
ver heart-felt. In short, she has a fine
body for luft, if it could be infured from
difeafe.

Poll Sm-th, Bagnio Court, Long Acre.

Not a beauty, but very agreeable. She
is very tall and slender; and the latter
circumstance recommends her to some,
for

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for in our amours there is a variety of
taftes; and, as the Poet says,

Some swains the slender-waifted lafs may prize,
And loath the bulky fat's luxurious size.

Her eyes are grey, and have in them a
softneſs, or a fort of dyingneſs, as lady
Wifhfort expreſſes it, that atones for their
want of luſtre.

Miss W-tkinſ-n, Long-Ditch, Westminſter.

May ſerve as a foil to fet off the beauty
of others.--- She is a ſhort, ſquab wench,
and ſeems by nature rather intended for a
procureſs, than one of the votaries of Ve-
nus; yet, ſtrange to tell, ſhe was not long
ago catch'd in a very indecent poſture with
a handsome young fellow in St. James's
Park. This occasioned her being ſent to
Bridewell; but as ſhe never viſited that
place but once, ſhe is ſtill admitted upon
an honourable footing in the Wh-re's
Club; where, by her vociferation and im-
pudence, ſhe maintains a ſuperiority

E 3

which

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which is by no means her due. She drinks
strong waters like small beer, which is
partly the cause that her breath is none of
the most fragrant. She was born in Wapping,
and has often declared, that she was
first robbed of that inestimable jewel, her
Vartue, by a rogue of a failor, who impoſed
upon her by a promise of marriage.

Mifs L-le, Hay-Market.

This lady has fine black eyes, and her
hair is of the most beautiful deep brown.
Her ſtature is ſomething under the middle
ſize; but her ſkin is beyond deſcription.---
We ſhall preſent our cuſtomers with a few
anecdotes of this heroine.--- As ſoon as ſhe
was turned of thirteen, ſhe felt the early
touches and deſires of nature, and was de-
termined to indulge them the firſt opportu-
nity that offered; but being then at a
boarding ſchool near town, ſhe was under
great difficulties from the confinement of
the place and close inſpection of her con-
duct; and after being diſappointed in ſeveral
well

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well laid ſchemes, and tired with *unsocial*
pleafures, ſhe fell into a ſort of melancho-
ly, which drew on a flight ſever; her guar-
dian, being alarmed for her health, remo-
ved her from the boarding-school to a gen-
teel lodging at Hampton-Wick, in order
to try what effect the air would have over
her diſorder.--- In the fame family lived
Mr. G--- Sh--y, a young gentleman whoſe
father had placed him there for the recove-
ry of his health, he having ſome time be-
fore had ſeveral ſymptons of an approach-
ing consumption, which ſome attributed
to too great an *application to himself*, though
it was more than probable it proceeded
from his excejſive attention to learning at
a private academy.--- As they not only
lodged, but boarded, or rather made part
of the family, and the good people of the
house being charged with them, they were
highly pleafed with the mutual and tender
politenefs they ſhewed to each other; and
ſo little did they dream of any harm, that
they were frequently permitted to take a
walk

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walk together round Bushy Park, or any
other place they chose.--- Mifs L-e had of-
ten observed the respectful glances and ea-
ger attention Mr. Sh-y paid her on the
most trifling occasions, which, from the na-
tural partiality and good opinion the sex
has of itself, she construed into a passion.
morning, the weather being very fine, as
they were taking their usual walk in the
Park, Nature whispered soft desires to
them both, while Cupid on one side, and
Venus on the other, marked them out for
mutual instructions to each other.--- Mr.
Sh-y would sometimes steal a kiff from
her, for which she gently reprimanded
him, and told him, he was vaftly rude and
naughty; on this he affected to drop a tear,
but she, kind and good natured creature!
would give him another kiff, to reconcile
the affront, and dispel his pretended grief.---
At length, growing more bold, and she
lets reserved, he not only offered to thrust
his hand in her bosom, but even to draw
the curtain of modesty.--- She raved at
this instance of violence, and by way of
shewing

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shewing his repentance, he threw himself
on his knees, kissed her hand, moiftened
it with his tears, and put it into his bosom
that she might feel how his heart throbbed
for fear he should not obtain her forgive-
nefs; this had so great an effect on her,
that she not only pronounced his pardon,
but mingled her tears with his, and after
the kifs of peace was given on both sides,
they went home again arm in arm as if no-
thing had happened.---The next evening
they took another walk into the Park, and
as they sat under a reverend oak, (the
confident of many a tender declaration of
love) he threw his hand amorously about
her neck, and said, "My dear girl, we
are made for each other;" and gave her
the most animating and delicious kiffes;
while almost vanquished, and yielding to
his desires, he flily conveyed into her vir-
gin hand the stately master-piece of nature,
which so far electrified her, that she fell,
as if in a trance, with her head on his
shoulder;--- but presently recovering her-
self,

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self, and alarmed by the last remains of
modefty, she broke from him, and running
with precipitation into a thicket at a little
distance, some briars got hold of her
cloaths, unfortunately tripped her up, and
she fell gently on a bed of fern, which ac-
cident the young gentleman immediately
improved, and, after a faint resistance on
her part, enjoyed consummate happiness.
When the form of love subsided, she burst
into a flood of tears, and asked him, "how
he dared to use her so?" to which he replied
in the most soothing tone, That she was
so charming, it was impossible for him to have
done other wife. After some altercation on
both fides, as a proof of their fincerity and
love, they vowed on their knees to be
confant to each other, and returned home
greatly delighted with the evening's ad-
venture. The effect of the last night's
encounter was so great next morning at
breakfast in both their countenances, that
all the family began to prognosticate the
return of their health, since so sudden a
change had happened in them for the better.

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ter. In short, they contrived matters so
artfully, that almost every night, when
the family were in bed, the young gentle-
man stole to her chamber, and rioted in
all the excess of love.---Some time after,
the Father receiving information of his
son's recovery, he ordered him home, and
this put an end to the amour, not much
againft his inclination, as he was quite ti-
red of the conf tant drudgery Mifs L---
exacted from him. She remained at
Hampton Wick but a few days after her
paramour, and was placed in a good fa-
mily in London by her guardian; and as
soon as she was of age, received the mo-
ney left her by an uncle, which was only
300 l. which she soon spent; and her guar-
dian dying, she was left deft tute.--- She was
now forced on the public; but is at this
time kept by a gentleman, to whom she
behaves with great honour. She has not
been as yet much in company, and affects
to be little known.

Mifs

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Miss W-tts, Glastonbury Court, Long Acre.

Rather above the middle size, and so
well shaped, that one may say of her in
the words of the old song,

Her well-turn'd limbs exprefs
The lucky hand of Jove.

She has fine flaxen hair, blue eyes, a good
skin, and is said to make it her study to
give her man the greatest delight she is
capable of doing; but more especially so,
if he is generous, as she terms it.

Miss Dr-k-ford, Castle Street, Leicester Fields.

So fine a woman, that we may say of
her what Othello says of Defdemona,

“She might lie with an Emperor, and command him
tasks.”

Her skin is that of the tragedy heroine
abovementioned, fair as the monumental
alabaster; in her person she is tall and ma-
jeanic, and her shape is without a fault.
Her eyes are blue, yet so amorous are the
glances

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glances which they dart, that they inspire
the hearts of beholders with love and ad-
miration, as much as the most brilliant
black. In her complexion the lilly com-
bines with the rose; but the former predo-
minates, which only renders her the more
lovely.

Mrs. W-rd, James Street.

This gentlewoman's passion is some-
what singular; she is never so well pleaf-
ed as when she gets a married man for
her gallant, and even at this time is paf-
fionately fond of Mr. Y---- of Covent-
Garden theatre. But as such connexions
may turn out badly in the end, we
would advise her to drop them. She is
a very genteel figure, and has every
charm sufficient to gain her many ad-
mirers. She affects great raptures in
enjoyment, and is very delicate in all
her movements.

F

Miss

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Miss Sm-th, *Bridges-Street*.

This dear little devil is fair, agreeable,
and young, being no more than twenty.
Several connoisseurs in the profession
have given us a satisfactory account of
the various ways she contrives to please
her cull. Being well acquainted with
her behaviour, she may depend on being
introduced into the best of company---
Some of the officers of the Pl-ff-y India-
man are greatly beholden to her for late
eminent services, which they will have
occasion to remember till they get to the
Indies, or even, perhaps, till they come
back again.

Miss S-mf-n, *Curfitor Street, Chancery Lane.*

A very pretty tit, born near Richmond in Surry; young, and of the middle size; fair complexion, and affects the air of modelty. She was debauch'd by a farmer's son near the place where she lived;

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lived; and she acknowledges that her
desires were so violent, that she laid the
strongest temptations in his way, and
made use of many stratagems to provoke
him to allay the internal combustion that
raged within her. Her price is one
guinea.

† *Miss Fordyce, Ruffel-Street.*

This young girl generally spends her
evening at the Rose or Bedfurd Arms,
where she generally deals with all the
company in the house, continually run-
ing from room to room, where she can
meet with a man or a present. Her
great passion is a silk gown. However,
she is said sometimes to have a real pas-
fion for a man, and then she is unbound-
ed. She was lately in keeping by a no-
ble lord. The ingenious author of the
MERETRICIAD gives the following cha-
racter of this heroine of pleasure:

F 2

Of

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Of all the daughters Venus ever had,
So fair as Fordyce none, nor half so mad;
The greatest pleasure that she ever chose,
as, to let friends together by the nose;
Or riot at the Reſe and Bedfurd-Arms,
And fire the Bob-wigs, to dispute her charms;
Her passion riot, for she'd none for drink;
Her taste and will, deliver'd in a wink;

Two things she bore, amongst her sex but rare,
Contempt of money, and a foe to care,
Friend to a mercer, and a scarlet coat,
Ever receiving, but without a groat.

Miss V-ll-ge, Spring-Gardens.

Pretty tall, and has the air of a gen-
tlewoman; her complexion is very dark.
Some years ago she had a great run of
busineſs; and has been lately broke
down by an unfortunate law-fuit, which
caused a total stagnation of trade; she is
now braced up once more, and cuts a
great flash. When she has drank a little
too free (as is sometimes the case) nothing
but swearing and riot enfues; and she
has

See The Metrical Cesser in "The Court of Cupid"
vol I pp 26-27.

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has often kicked the waiters of the B-ll
Bagnio down ftairs, and flung the bot-
tles and glaſſes after them.

Poll T-lb-t, Bow Street.

A fair comely dame, who, by a long
intercourse and knowledge of buſineſs,
has learnt that the profession of a pur-
veyor is a more profitable one than that
of a private trader, and for that reaſon
has opened a house for the amusements of
genteel company, where gentlemen and
ladies will meet with a civil reception.
She loves a ſmack of the whip some-
times; and we must own, there is a
pretty demureneſs in her countenance,
and a kind of ſmartneſs in her air, which
frequently recommends her to notice;
and unleſs some unlucky circumstance
should happen, we prognosticate that
she will be shortly able to fill an arm-
chair with as much dignity as the late
celebrated Jenny Douglas, who roſe to
the dignity of arch-bawd of the parish.

F 3

Mrs.

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Mrs. H-milt-n, Long-Acre.

This is an old battered frow, who
often trudges through hail, rain and
snow, to pick up a cull; there is some-
thing in her person that is alluring;---it is
said she is one of the best in town at the
game of the birch rod.

Mif's Cr-Is, Bridges-Street.

A smart little black gypfy, with a
very endearing symmetry of parts; has
an odd way of wriggling herself about,
and can communicate the most exquisite
fensations when she is well paid.

+ Betsy D-vis, Ruffel-Street. +

An old acquaintance! She has a fine
open countenance, and is neatly made,
rather short in figure, and an oval face.
The author of a celebrated poem lately
published, gives her character in the fol-
lowing words:

“D-vis,

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“D-vis, a second Circe in her wiles,
Who, Syren-like, enchants ye, and beguiles:
You may as well drink of that witch's bowl,
As let this gipfy captivate your soul:
Sings, swears, and riots o'er the sparkling wine,
Until she makes ye, like Ulysses---swine.
The R-fe and Sh-k-fp- owe a deal to thee;
Begot by lewdnefs upon infamy;
Which tender name thy genius has retain'd,
And by th' epithet houh's thoufands gain'd.
In younger days, when Proflitution found,
And took thee, grov'ling from thy mother-
ground;
When thy ambition had no higher calls;
Than following carmen, to pick up their coals;
Or raise a laugh, to show thy greater art,
Steal a few handfuls from the loaded cart;
Perhaps, to raise a mob, a fister fight,
Or with a chairman grunt away the night:
These were thy triumphs, thy exploits before
The blackeft princes of a common-shore;
Where oft' you grop'd for iron, not in vain,
And fifted cinders high, in Gray's-Inn-Lane.
Who wou'd imagine from so mean a thing,
So fair a face, so fweet a Strum cou'd fpring?
Shocking it was fuch eyes as thine fhou'd be
Hidden in filth, and viler infamy.

Betsy

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Betsy, delight and ravish with thy tongue,
Nor mind the Cinder-heap from whence you
sprung:

Remember this, “ Repent in time and pray,
“ For mushrooms rife and perish in a day.” *

Miff's H-df-n, Castle-Court, Strand.

A rofy, plump lafs; has a fair com-
plexion, fine pouting lips, languifhing
eyes, and is open, beneficent, and gene-
rous in her behaviour. Though but a
young practitioner, it is her invariable
practice never to trifle away her time in
cold deliberation, but immediately to
encounter, let the appearance of the
enemy be ever so formidable, or the op-
posing battery ever so well mounted.---
She has an expreſſive language of ogling,
which often makes a rapid progreſs in
gaining the affections of her gallants.

Miff s W-tts, Ruffel-Street.

A smart, condefending, pretty girl,
when in good humour; has a delicate
languishing

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languishing look, and is the merriest bed-
fellow on the Town. She seldom drinks
to excess, has great choice of gallants,
and affects to receive great delight in
the combat of love. She has different
prices; but seldom takes less than gold.

Miff s W-nfor, oppofite Ruffel Court, Drury Lane.

This fair one was some time ago a
mantua-maker in Chancery Lane; but
being agitated with a raging and ungo-
vernable desire of reaping the delicious
fruits of variety, in the pleafureable har-
vest of the garden of Venus, ſhe quitted
her buſineſs, and took lodgings as a-
bove; were ſhe carries on a ſnug trade,
and is reported to enjoy the transports of
her amorous embraces with a high zeſt.
As to her perſon we cannot ſay much in
its praeſe; it is true, ſhe is tall, genteel,
and finely limb'd; but her face is none
of the beſt, and ſhe is too greatly
mark'd

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mark'd with the small pox to be set
down as a beauty.--- She is but little
known as yet, and was never in any
public place of rendezvous, except the
Ben Johnson, and that only once.

Mifs B-rk, *Bridges-Street*.

A girl of St. Patrick's breed; she is
middle sized; her complexion fandy;
has good features, and a pretty face.
She is very joyous, good-natur'd and
pliable.

Mifs Don-lly, *Coventry-Street*.

An errand brimstone of Irish birth,
who pretends to set up as one of the
first rate courtezans, and would impose
upon us her stale and batter'd commodi-
ty for fresh fruit; but we think our
judgment cannot be impofed upon at
this time of day, and are of opinion that
she has undergone so many falivations,
that the power of mercury has loft its
effect

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effect upon her; in a word, she is almost
rotten, and her breath is cadaverous.

Mifs M-yft-n, *King's-Court, Ruffel-Street.*

A piece of spick and span new goods,
and has had a fine run for some weeks;
she is short, but very well-made, and
carries an air of simplicity, when in
company, that is very pleasing.

Mifs F-lmouth, late of Southampton Street,
but her lodgings at prefent uncertain.

Fair, genteel, and of the middle size,
with remarkable good kissing lips, be-
ing pulpy and warm, so as to melt at
the touch of a man. She has an eafy
negligence of drefs, a lovely desponden-
cy in her countenance, and the very ogle
of a rattle-snake; she can mould her
cull into a hundred shapes in as many
minutes; and afterwards throw off the
unhappy dupe with contempt---has
been often in good keeping, and gene-
rally keeps a foot-boy in livery. Three
guineas is the lowest she will take.

Mifs

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Mifs W-ff-ngton, King's-Court, Ruffel-
Street.

This young tit takes her name from
the late celebrated actrels; and has the
vanity to think herfelf as handsome;
fhe is tall, thin, and very genteel; but
we cannot allow her so great a fhare
of beauty as Peggy had.--- We never
flatter--and are apprehenfive fhe ufes
too much paint; fhe has a pleafing way
of piloting her gallants safe into the har-
bour of blifs.

Mifs D-v-s, Manchester-Buildings.

A delicate, genteel lady, and one of
the firſt fashion and price, as the phraſe is.
She ſeldom is to be ſeen in the ſtreet,
unleſs in a chair; and has a taſte for mu-
fic and dancing. Her connections are
moſtly with gentlemen of rank and for-
tune, no others being able to come up
to her mark, which is never leſs than ten
guineas,

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guineas, and half a crown to her ſer-
vant.

Mifs Se-Is, Duke Street, York Buildings.

This is a very genteel, well-made laſs;
but in our opinion too ſhort to be called
a fine woman. Her eyes are quite black,
has good light brown hair, and a tolerable
ſkin.--- She has not ſeen much ſervice as
yet, and is ſaid to have little paſſion in
her amours.

Mifs B-rr-t, George Street, York Buildings.

Has a charming complexion, fine black
eyes, and dark brown hair. Her ſtature
is of the middle ſize, and her ſhape very
elegant. There is an air of dignity in
her perſon but ſeldom met with in other
women; and few ladies enjoy their plea-
fures with ſo lively a zeſt, or more raptu-
rous enthufiaſm: in ſhort, ſhe is a faith-
ful votary of love.

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Mifs

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Mifs L-ttle, Sydenham, near Dulwich,
(in keeping.)

This heroine has been in trade but a
short time, and yet has had a variety of
lovers. She generally was attended by
an elderly woman, who went for her aunt,
but in fact was no less than an old bawd.
Mifs L-ttle is remarkable for having a
most innocent and modeft countenance;
she is rather short and slender, has fine
black eyes, deep brown hair, and is now
about nineteen. Last summer, the well-
known Jew, Mr. I--c M--s (famous for
purchasing maidenheads) being at Mary-
bone Gardens, saw her and her old
duenna, and taking a great liking to Mifs,
imagining her to be a fresh bit by her af-
fected simplicity and innocence, he ap-
plied to the old lady, who gave him to
understand that she was as yet a virgin,
and had been put under her care by her
parents in the country.---The Jew pricked
up his ears at this intelligence, and de-
termined

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termined to enjoy her, let it cost what it
would; and accordingly made the old lady
a proposal of one hundred guineas, if she
could bring the matter about.---There
needed but little perfuafion on Mifs L-'s
part, and they both agreed to snack the
cole;--indeed there remained one difficulty,
viz. how to put Mifs's tenement in proper
repair, so as to deceive the little Gergefite,
as he was reputed a great connoifieur in
those affairs.---But the old lady foon fell
on a method; having made the economy of
Love her favorite book when in her teens,
she from thence had learned the proper
medicaments to cloſe up chafms occafion-
ed by an over indulgence of paſſion, by
way of a maidenhead reſtorative; and the
time being fixed, Mifs L-t-le played the
ſuffering virgin's part so well, that her
booby-paramour thought himſelf a very
vigorous man, and triumphed in his ſup-
poſed conqueſt.---At that time she had
been on the town nine months at leaſt.

G 2

Mifs

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Mif's M-fs, Compton Street, Soho.

Quite a perfect piece! She is something above the middle size, turned of eighteen; her shape easy and genteel; her hair pretty light, and as soft as silk, flowing down her neck in natural ringlets. Her face is a roundish oval, and her features very delicate; her eyes are blue, and rather languishing than sparkling, except on certain occasions; her teeth are small, even, and white; her bosom finely raised; and her breasts round and firm, with their little nipples pointing different ways. In her love-transports she is at first very gentle, and moves in a regular cadence; but soon grows too violent to observe any order or measure; her motions are very rapid; her kiffes fierce and fervent; and breaks out into extravagant expressions of extasy, until the motionless languor of the die-away moment, when, after a deep sob, she seems to expire in an agony of blifs.-- She speaks French very fluently.

Mif's

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+ Mif's W-1m-t, Leicestershire.

This young lady is rather tall, though extremely well-shaped, and has a majestic preference; the remarkable elegance of her dres's, joined with the complacency diffused over her whole countenance, and the spightly glance of a pair of dark brown eyes, sufficiently indicates, that she is as ready to receive amorous addressees, as the warmest gallant can be to offer them; but as we are obliged to be exact in our descriptions, as well as accomplishments, of those who enroll themselves in our Lift, we cannot help mentioning her teeth, which nature certainly formed as beautiful as could be, though now greatly impaired by the too frequent use of mercury.--- She has been on the Town about three years; and at her first appearance the eyes of several young noblemen were fixed on her as a rose not blown, which general attention she felt with a conscious joy. One night, being feasted in

G 3

one

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× Duke of York

one of the fide-boxes at Drury-Lane,
the noble Yorkania* entered the box,
and placed himself by her side; the
pleasing and gallant behaviour of the
P*** gave her the most heart-felt joy,
and made her appear in all the blaze of
beauty; she quickly perceived with
what tendernefs he turned his eyes to-
wards her, in which glittered all the
pleasing symptoms of an instantaneously-
conceived passion for her, which she
took proper care to encourage, by re-
turning frequent glances of fondnefs,
mixed with a becoming respect.--- Very
little attention was given to the per-
formance, either by the P--- or Mifs
W-lm-t, and as soon as the play was done,
he handed her to a chair, and having
previously requesfed the favour of seeing
her to her apartments, immediately step-
ped into another, and followed. As soon
as she got to the door, the noble youth
appeared, and handed her out with so
much affability, as gave her room to hope
she had made him fure. He followed her

up

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up stairs, and after saluting her with pre-
vailing ardour, obtained her consent to
receive a visit from him the next mor-
ning. As soon as his arrival was announc-
ed by the servant-maid, he was intro-
duced into her chamber. She was in bed,
and affected a kind of confusion at the
P---'s fitting near it, which served to add
a new luftre to her beauties. Her night-
dres was most elegantly fancied, and the
movements she made from time to time,
letting part of her boſom peep out unveil-
ed, then covering it with a kind of fur-
prife, with feveral other artful ſtratagems,
concured to inflame her lover with a moſt
violent fit of luſt.---He gazed on her a
while with eyes of tranſport and fondneſs,
and gave her a world of kiffes; at the cloſe
of which, in a pretended ſtruggle, ſhe
contrived matters ſo artfully, that the
bed-cloaths having fallen off, her naked
beauties lay expoſed at full length. The
ſnowy orbs on her breaſt, by their fre-
quent rifing and falling, beat Cupid's
alarm-drum to ſtorm inſtantly, in caſe an
immediate

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immediate surrender should be refused. The coral-lipped mouth of love seemed with kind movements to invite, nay, to provoke an attack; while her fighs, and eyes half-closed, denoted that no farther refistance was intended. What followed, may be better imagined than described; but if we may credit Mifs W-lm-t's account, she never experienced a more extensive protrusion in any amorous conflict either before or since. After the storm of love was over, the P--- took his leave; promising her another visit soon; which we are well informed he has often done since. The foregoing adventure raised the price of her favours so high for some time after, that few purfes could support the expence; at present she is more moderate, and one guinea will purchase her. As to the place of her birth, we never could learn with any tolerable degree of certainty; but she seems to have been well educated. Her behaviour to gentlemen is very polite.

Mifs

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Mifs W-rd, *Bridges-Street*.

In person tall and majestic, her hair is light, and her eyes grey; she is rather fair than beautiful: for though the expression in her face is not very striking, yet she is greatly admired by many who think like the African Prince in the tragedy, whose sentiments concerning beauty are expressed by the Poet as follows:

'Tis not a set of features or complexion,
The tincture of a skin that I admire;
Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.

If her external charms are not so striking
as to denominate her a first-rate beauty,
she pleases, and will continue long to please
by the beauties of the mind, or by some
other beauties discernable only to the
prying eyes of such lovers as have the
happiness of an intimacy with her.

Mifs Sn-ad, *Mechlin-Court, Ruffel-Street.*

If not a beauty, Mifs Sn-ad makes a
near approach to it. Her eyes are black,
they

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they swim in that precious fluid, which
conveys the emotions of the soul to the hearts
of the beholders with an energy that thrills
thro' the nerve of pleasure, and excites the
most exquisite sensations. Her hair is
brown, and falls in graceful ringlets on
her neck. In a word, we cannot better
characterize her, than by applying to her
those extemporary lines wrote by Mr. Pope
upon a lady to whom he gives the name
of Sappho.

You, 'tis true, have fine black eyes,
Taper legs, and tempting thighs:
But what most of all we prize,
Is a thing of little size--
You know where.

Miff L-ther, Mechlin-Court, Ruffel-Street.

Tall and graceful. Her eyes are black,
but her complexion fair: the curls of her
cheesnut hair have entangled the eyes of
many heedless lovers; but, for the happiness
of human race, her heart is not made of
such impenetrable stuff, that lovers are in
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any danger of being driven to despair by
her cruelty. Had such an angel's face
fallen to the lot of a prude, the men
would have been much to be pitied.

Miff Y-rk, Bridges-Street.

In person lovely, in temper affable. She
is tall and fair, her eyes are black and pier-
cing, and her flaxen hair inhance their luf-
tre. She, upon a certain occasion, disco-
ver'd a generosity of temper of which
there are but few instances amongst wo-
men of her profession. An ensign of the
Guards having once purchas'd the favour
of her for a sum, which was a considerable
one for him, as he had nothing but his
pay to depend upon, and looking a little
penfive as he took his leave, she imputing
this appearance of dejection to a wrong
caufe, offer'd to return him his money;
upon which he told her, that if he was forry
for any thing, it was for not having brought
twice as much with him. She was so
ftruck with this polite compliment, that
she

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The gave him a second night's lodging, and
charged nothing for it. Her conversation
is as agreeable as her person pleasing; and
one may say of her, in the words of the
Poet,

That misfits near can pall the lover's joys,
Whose wit can whet whenever her beauty cloys.

Mifs F-nch, Wild-Street, Drury-Lane.

Rather short, but she compensates for
her want of stature by sprightlines and
vivacity. Her eyes, which vie in black-
nefs with her hair, are extreamly lively, and
she is generally allow'd to be agreeable if
not handsome. Tho' she is but little, she
never fails to bring down her man. An
Irish-man fix foot and a half high, who has
most extraordinary abilities of one sort, has
been often heard to say that she was too
many for him. This circumstance should
greatly recommend her to the public; for
she that has wherewithal to satisfy several,
must sure give one more than the worth
of his money. 'Tis said she can accommo-
date

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date herself to the humours of all nations,
and has at different times practised all the
attitudes described by Aretine. Her cha-
racter, in a word, may be fumm'd up in
the following epigram:

An Epigram's good, when like you, Mrs. Frail,
'Tis pretty and short, with a sting in its tail.

Mifs T-rbutt, Castle Street, Long-Acre.

Mifs T-rbutt has many perfections
united; her skin is fair, (a beauty which
pleases every lover while he beholds it,
and the idea of which he dwells upon
even when in the dark;) her hair is
brown, and becomes her greatly, as its
natural curls greatly furpaſs those which
are formed by the art of a French hair-
cutter. Her eyes are black and sparkling;
at the fame time that they excite desires
in the heart of the lover, their favourable
glances encourage him with the hopes of
kindneſs and reciprocal love. In a word,
ſhe is as delicious a morſel to the maw of
a voluptuary, as the fifth whole name

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ſhe

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She bears, is to that of an epicure. She is
of a very generous temper, and has of-
ten been known to lend an ensign in the
guards half a crown to pay his washer-
woman.

Mif's T-wnf-nd, Castle-Street, Leicester Fields;

In stature does not exceed the middle
fize; her complexion is brown, but by no
means of so swarthy a hue as to be incon-
fident with beauty. Her eyes are black
and extreamly fine. Indeed, fuch is their
luftre, that, had she no other beauty, they
would be sufficient to make her admired.
An Italian once gave her two guineas for
the favour, but having in his intercourse
with her indulged himself in all the ca-
price of his country, she was so tired of
him, that she fware she would never again
grant the favour to a foreigner under
double price.

Mif's

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Mif's B-rrows, Holborn.

A fine woman; tall and genteel in her
person, in her face handsome: if she is
not a first-rate beauty, yet she does not
much fall short of it. Her complexion is
fine, and her eyes and hair black; which
colour, in the opinion of the ancients, fur-
pessed all others. An adventure of some-
what an extraordinary nature once befell
her. An elderly gentleman offered her
something more than the usual price for
the favour; but when they were retired to
an apartment by themselves, he took out
one of those instruments which are used at
school for another purpose, and desired
her to lay on haftily, which she did: this
exercise was repeated three times, and ex-
cited such a titillation in the feeble old
gentleman's blood, that he three times re-
newed the assault. The whole scene of
letchery, however, was seen by a third per-
son thro' a chink in the partition; and the
story coming to the ears of many of Mifs

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B-rrows's

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B-r-ws's acquaintance, she has sometimes been rallied upon it, and has always pe-remptorily denied the fact without being disconcerted. The old gentleman, not being able to shew his face after the affair became public, left the kingdom, and has never been seen since.

### Mifs W-lk-nfon, Long-Acre.

Not very tall. Her eyes and hair are black, and she is agreeable, tho' not a beauty. She once gave a Poet a night's lodging for writing a copy of verses upon her. This was certainly paying a very high price for a song, especially as the verses were none of the best; but it must be acknowledged, that ladies of pleasure would do well to keep upon good terms with gentlemen that write, as the ladies are as much indebted for their fame to Poets, as even heroes themselves.

### Mifs Ch-ndl-r, Bridges-Street.

Her figure does not exceed the middle size, nor does her beauty palf the degree of

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of comedy. Her complexion is fair, her hair is of the same colour, and her eyes are black. She is upon the whole rather free from defects, than poſſessed of any fhining perfections. She has, however, one excellence which greatly recommends her to her galants; she enjoys the critical minute with particular extacy, and appears in ſuch high raptures with her man, that it is almost impossible for him not to be in raptures with her. This circumstance of appearing pleafed, is of more importance than many ladies of the town are aware of.

### Mifs Santre, Bridges-Street.

Pretty and lively; her eyes and hair are black; and her figure does not exceed the middle size. She is poſſessed of a variety of attractions, which, tho' felt by the lover, it would be very difficult to convey to the reader an adequate idea of them by description. As a lady is particularly ſucceſſul in gaining hearts, so the

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If 'tis joy to wound a lover,
How much more to give him eafe ?
When his passion you discover,
Oh, how pleasing 'tis to pleafe!

Miss L-wis, Orange-Street, Leicester-Fields.

A fine woman; tall and majestic; the
lilly combines with the rose to form her
complexion; her hair is black, and her
eyes of the fame colour; to describe these
last, we shall not vainly attempt, the
pencil of the most skilful painter is not
able to give an idea of them upon canvas.
With all her other attractions, the poſſ
feffes all the arts of conversation in the high-
et degree of perfection.

Miss Y-tes, Northumberland Court.

We cannot help expressing our sati-
faction in having this young lady entered
in

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in our Lift, as she must add a luftre to
our public-spirited plan; for surely never
did one of her profession accompany all
her dispositions with such a peculiar grace
of sweetneſs, modeſty, and yielding
coyneſs, which breathe nothing
but unreſerved, unlimited complaí-
fance to her favours, without the least
mixture of impudence or prostitution.
The beauties of her person are delicate
beyond imagination; her braſts are ſmall,
round, firm, excellently white, and ini-
mitably moulded; the grain of her ſkin ſo
soothing and flattering to the touch, that
it is a banquet fit only for the luxury of a
monarch to feaſt his eyes and touch with;
her thighs are exquisitely faſhioned; the
pleaſure-gulph of nature beautifully ſha-
ded with a downy brown-coloured moſs;
in ſhort, every part is beyond the expressi-
on of words. She has been about eighteen
months in trade; and ſeems to carry the
prize from many others we think equally
deferving of encouragement.

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Miff's C-rp-nter, Green-Street, Leicester-Fields.

Tall and well-shaped. Her hair and
eyes are black. IF the latter have not
lustré sufficient to entitle her to a place
amongst first-rate beauties, she has an in-
disputable right to the first place amongst
those of the second class. A gentleman
who paid her handsomely for the favour,
complained highly of her discovering
great indifference upon the occasion; and
he even went so far as to say that she
cracked nuts whilst he was acting his joys.
This indeed was somewhat provoking;
however Miff's C-rp-nter does not often
give occasion for such complaints, and
few ladies exert themselves in a greater
variety of ways to render her man's bliss
compleat.

Miff's R-fe, Green-Street, Leicester-Fields.

Has a good person; she is tall and
genteel, and possesst of the several par-
ticulars which enter into the composition
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of beauty. She is fair, her eyes and hair
are black, and her features regular; but as
Mr. Pope observes,

'Tis not an eye, or lip, we beauty call;
But the full force and joint result of all.

The result of all these particular beauties
is not consummate beauty; but what,
in the opinion of many, is at least equally
defirable; I mean, a face in which the
agreeable is the striking and predominate
quality.

Miff's Pr-nce, Ruffel-Street, Covent Garden.

Her person is so fine that it may be
properly compared to that of the Cyprian
goddes juft risen from the waves of the
ocean. Her hair and eyes are black; and
if the beauty of her face is not equal to
the symmetry of her limbs, it is however
sufficient to procure her a considerable
number of admirers.

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Mifs T-ylor, Castle-Street, Strand.

Short but well-shaped. Her complexion is fair, and her hair light. Her eyes are black and lively; she was once purified by a set of young Bucks in the arms of an elderly Quaker. This made the latter greatly an object of ridicule, and made the former resolve never to have any thing farther to say to old fellows—a resolution to which she strictly adhered ever after.

Mifs B-wers, Ruffel-Street.

Mifs B-wers is tall and well shaped; her person is that of a fine woman, but her face, tho' far from ugly, is not answerable to it. She is fair, her eyes are grey, and her features, though free from defect, have nothing in them remarkably striking; several of her gallants, however, acknowledge her to have solid merit;—perhaps they admire in her the beauties of the mind.

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Mrs. M-ray, Channel Row, Westminster.

This young lady was, in the vigour of youth, blessed with a warm and strong constitution, but cursed with a phlegmatic husband, who, in the very act of love, proceeded at a dull uninteresting rate, and deferved from her no other title than that of the heavy drudge of domestic duty. Such sluggish service was not at all agreeable to one of her active disposition. She therefore resolved to roam in search of more Herculean and oftener-repeated proofs of athletic service in the temple of Venus, than she had been used to, from an enormous, and ill-put-together heap of flesh, from which nothing could be expected but a total eclipse of pleasure, and might be more properly termed cruising in the chops of the Channel, than amorous embraces. Her complexion is rather brown, with a genteel slender shape, pretty black eyes, and tolerable skin. It has been remarked, that, if on examination, she finds any deficiency in the appearance

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pendages of pleasure, she will decline any further intercourse, and make some apology in order to get rid of her man.

Miss P-rish, Ruffel, Street Covent-Garden.

In feature low, but free from any defect of shape. Her complexion is fair, her eyes grey, and her hair light. She is not extreamly handsome, yet she pleases; for the eyes of some men can discover a thousand charms which escapes common observation; while others, having often found themselves unable to tell by what particular attraction their mistresses captivated them, have had recourse to the *Je ne srais quoy*, the inexpresstible *somewhat*, which, like a cabalistical word, explains all the mysteries of sympathy and love.

Miss P-rfons, Maiden-Lane.

This girl's feature is rather above the middle size, and her face agreeable, though rather too fat; but she is more valued for her pleasing and good-humoured disposition

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disposition, than any thing else. 'Tis said she never was under the hand of a surgeon; which, considering the extensive trade she carries on, seems scarcely to be credited.

Miss Pl-wd-n, Red-Lion Street, Holborn.

A fprightly girl; and very pleasing in her conversation; she is tall, has a charming skin, fine black eyes, and dark brown hair; has a genteel trade from some merchants and bankers clerks, and several gentlemen in the mercantile way.

Miss Nancy Pl-wd-n, Red-Lion-Street.

This young lady is not unlike her fiftner beforementioned, as to the charms of her person; but in our opinion she is the finer woman of the two. 'Tis certain she has more vivacity and passion in her love rencontres, and is very affable and obliging in her behaviour.---They are both excellent goods.

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Mifs B-rry, Taviftock-Row, Covent-Garden.

A fine woman; she is tall and extreamly well shaped; in her prefence there is something commanding; but her temper is extreamly affable. Her eyes are not quite black, but they are dark, and there is so much expression in them, that they may be faid to speak. She indeed understands the use of them so well, that from the Boxes she has often held a conversation with a gentleman in the Pit, and at last agreed to an affignation: her hair is very fine, and her complexion fair. 'Tis faid that a Cafrato belonging to the Opera once took a fancy to her, and having passed the night with her, she declared next day that she was much better satisfied with him, than she expected to have been.

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Mifs Br-ggs, in the Strand.

A buxom lafs, more to the tafte of some than a beauty. She is lufty, and well limbed; her hair is dark, as well as her eyes. She is comely enough, but she can hardly be called handsome. A young gentleman of the order of fribbles once took a liking to her, and she having no objection to his money, received his addresses favourably, though he was in other respects by no means to her tafte.

Mifs Atk-nf-n, in the Strand.

Mifs Atk-nf-n is but short; she has brown hair and black eyes, and is, take her for all in all, a pleafing figure. She is faid to have many admirers among the Cl-rgy, many of whom are better cuftomers to the ladies of pleasure, than the profefled rakes. She is peculiarly extra-vagant in her drefs, which is rather tawdry than genteel, but which never fails to catch the eyes of the old cogers of the other sex.

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Mifs B-rch-l, Ruffel Street.

Low in stature, in complexion fair.
Her eyes are grey, and her hair light;
yet she is handsomer than one would be
apt to expect from such a description.
Indeed she has more experience in the
art of modern gallantry, and understands
all the different methods of making an
impression upon the heart, better than
ladies greatly superior to her in beauty.
Has been on the town some years, drives
a good trade, and wears well.

Mifs L-w-s, Ruffel-Street.

Short; her eyes and hair black, and
there is something very pleasing in her
countenance. Her temper is gay and
chearful, and this circumstance greatly
increases the effect of her charms. She
is rather inclinable to be fat; has been
several times in keeping, and is the fame
girl mentioned in last year's Lift to have
lived in Oxford Road.

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Mifs W-tts, Charles-Street, Covent Garden.

Tall and well-shaped. Her eyes are
blue, and have in them an expression of
tendernefs. Her hair is flaxen, and very
fine. She is tolerable handsome though
not a beauty; and there is something in
her admirably calculated to excite desire;
indeed she is every way to the tafte of
thofe whose love is not refined thro'
thofe ftrainers spoken of by Mr. Pope,
but more resembles a carnal appetite than
a refined and elegant passion. She is in-
deed a morceau pour la bonne bouche.

Mifs F-rmer, Bridges-Street.

Short; her eyes are blue; her com-
plexion is fair, and her hair light. Such
are the variety of taftes amongft men, that
she has her fet of admirers as well as
another, and is so intolerably vain, as to
imagine she has charms sufficient to cap-
tivate and retain the firft peer in the land.

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Mif's M-clean, Long-Acre.

A good clever girl, and rather handsome
than the contrary; her eyes and hair are
dark; and is tall and well-shaped. She is
to disinterested that she has more than
once granted the favour to a handsome
young fellow gratis. This may perhaps
appear incredible to some readers, but the
fact is well attested.

Mif's J-rvis, Bridges-Street.

Tall and fair; her eyes and hair are
almost black, and she is in every respect a
fine woman. About four months ago
two gentlemen were going to fight a
duel upon her account; but she found
means to pacify them, and conferred upon
both those favours which each would have
enjoyed alone.

Mif's Sp-rks, Bow-Street.

This girl was mentioned last year, and
is now inserted (like some others) only
because

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because she has changed her habitation.
She is certainly a fine piece. As to her
particular description the reader is referred
to last year's Lift.

Mif's C-mbr-dge, Bridges-Street.

In feature short; but it holds through
all Nature that great things are not the
best. Her hair is brown, and her com-
plexion dark; and there is something en-
gaging in her person, that supplies the
place of beauty;--- though we would not
be understood to mean she is an ordinary
piece.---

Mif's B-rgeſs, Charing Croſs.

Tall and well made. Her eyes are black.
She is generally allowed to be handsome,
though she cannot be called a fine woman.
She looks extreamly well in boys cloaths;
and having once affumed that disguife,
passed upon a large company of gentlemen
for one of their own sex, till she gave
them convincing proofs of the contrary.

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Mif's Sm-th, Chairing-Crofs.

A very fine girl. She is tall and ma-
jeſtic; her blue eyes may be compared
to thofe of the azure-eyed goddeſs Miner-
va; her complexion is fair, and her hair,
which is light, adorns her ſhoulders with
beautiful ringlets, all the nameleſs graces
of which are not to be deſcribed. In a
word, ſhe is, as Mr. Congreve expreſſes,
one of Love's altars, upon which moſt
who fee her are deſirous of sacrificing to
the God of Love."

Mif's T-mple, Spring Gardens.

But ſhort in ſtature. Her eyes are black,
from them Love ſhoots his golden darts.
Her complexion is fair, and her beauty is
of a ſort that pleafes, though it cannot
excite admiration. Her constitution does
not ſeem to be ſtrong from her make, but
what ſhe wants in ſtrength, ſhe makes up
in ſpirits; in ſhort, few women are better
company over a bottle.

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Mif's Gr-ffiths, Bridges-Street.

Remarkably agreeable in company; ſhe
is under the middle ſize, and well-shaped,
ſhe frequently wears powder in her hair,
which is ſandy. Her viſitors are generally
belonging to the ſea; Eaſt India captains,
mates, &c. &c. by whom ſhe is frequently
well paid. She affects an exceſs of paſſion
when well pleafed, and preſerves a great
deal of delicacy in her amours.

Mif's M-nners, Ruffel-street.

Not very tall, but genteel and well-
ſhaped. Her eyes are light grey, her
complexion fair. There is a prettyneſs
in her, which often produces a greater
effect than beauty. She has, as the French
phraſe it, *L'air piquant*. She once triu-
phed over a demi-rep of quality at one of
the Play-houſes; a gentleman who had
an intrigue with the lady, being so much
taken with Mifs M-nners's figure, as to
go off with her, to the great mortification
of her rival.

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Mifs M-unt, Bridges-Street.

This lafs is rather short; but has fine
black eyes, light brown hair, and a good
complexion; is quite complaifant to her
cuftomers, and has all the neceffary quali-
fications of her vocation.

Sally R-binſon, Long Acre.

Middle ſized, ſlender, and genteel;
very indulgent to her gallants, a lover of
the ſport, and well qualified to give the
ſenſes a rich repaſt.

Mrs. J-rd-n, Long Acre.

Without dispute Mrs. J-rd-n is a fine
woman; ſhe is tall, rather too fat, and
dresses elegantly: ſome of her cuſtomers
report her behaviour to be too fluttish
and infipid; and for this reaſon we give
her a friendly hint. Her general beha-
vior is very genteel.

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Mifs B-iley, Taviſtock Row.

A neat handsome girl, something under
the middle ſize, well-shaped, with fine
blue eyes, and light-brown hair. Her
behaviour is rather in the extreme of
politenefs; ſhe can dance well, and is fre-
quently ſhown into the beſt company.
After three or four glaſſes, ſhe is all ſpirit
and life, and gives the man ſhe likes,
vollies of kiffes.

Mifs W-ll-ams, Chancery Lane.

A ſprightly gay woman, lately come
on. Her ſtature of the middle ſize, with
regular features, and her face a perfect
oval. She is rather clumſily made, and
ſeems too much addicted to certain laſci-
vious oddities, which cannot recommend
her to the genteel gallant.--- We cannot
omit taking notice of a whimſical letter
ſhe ſays was delivered to her laſt ſummer
by a foreign gentleman at Vaux-Hall
Gardens. It was wrote in Dutch language;
the translation of which is as follows:

“Madam,

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“Madam,

“I know not whether you are freighted
“by any other proprietor, as I took the
“person left night with you to be only
“your pilot.--- But if you have not broke
“bulk yet, and are clean from the stocks,
“I am ready to bid for you upon a fair
“fale. I see you are rather square-ferned,
“and some what Dutch-built, for which
“I like you the better; though I am a-
“fraid you are not sufficient burthen for
“me; but a few tons more or less will
“make no difference, if you are tight
“rigged, and well ballasted in your hold.
“An answer to the above, directed for
“I. V. G. at the Amsterdam coffee
“house, near the Exchange, will much
“oblige,

“Madam,
“Yours, &c.
“I. V. G.”

N. B. Upon the receipt of your answer,
if you approve of my proposals, I
will meet you, give a market price,
and pay all charges.

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Miss T-rn-r, Clements Lane, Clare Market.

This lady is but very lately come on
the public, having been for some years
in keeping by a gentleman belonging to
the Pit Of-e. Her late keeper behaved
with great honour to her, and before he
married, generously made her a present of
500 l. defiring her to go into the North
of England, and reside, to which propo-
fal Misses agreed; but she no sooner finger-
ed the money, than she took lodgings in
town. Her person is very elegant. She
is about the middle size; has fine chefnut
hair, remarkably languishing blue eyes,
and an agreeable glow on her cheeks; her
skin is very tempting, and her breasts rife
and fall in quick heaves, when touched by
the hand of a favourite gallant. The
pleasure she feels to receive is beyond
description, when she meets with a man
whose essential object of enjoyment is of pro-
per dimensions; but we are well enformed
she requires it to be full eight and a half,
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by four and a quarter, with its skin amply
diftended, smoothly polished, of a velvet
softnefs, its head of a bluish purple caft,
and exquisitely well turned and shaped....
A gentleman thus gifted, may be sure of
meeting with a welcome reception.

Miss F-nnereau, Broad-Court, Bow-Street.

Very pretty, and a new face; is tall, has
a fine fair complexion, brilliant eyes, and
a perfect harmony of features and shape.
She has an extraordinary character for
affability and generosity, and exerts her-
felf with great activity and spirit.

Mrs. St-wrat, St. James's-Street.

Fresh as a rose, well-made, and dresses
very gay. She is remarkable for the
cleanlineſs of her person: and no woman
a greater degree of pleasure in the
of buſineſs, on the profits of
has
execution.
which she ſub-
Mjs

Mjs

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Miss Ad-ms, Ruffel-Street.

We mentioned this girl in our Lift
for 1763, and have had great reafon,
from the accounts of ſeveral of her con-
ſtant cuſtomers, to congratulate her on
leaving off that indecent habit of ſwear-
ing and talking bawdy, to which ſhe was
formerly too much addicted. We think
her qualified, in all other ſ respects, to
pleafe the nicest appetite, and will now
venture to recommend her to the notice
of the best company.

Mjs Ty-rs, Vaux-hall.

The description of this lady is tranf-
mitted to us by a friend, for we have not
as yet had the pleasure of ſeeing her;
her ſtature is ſmall, but ſhe is genteel;
has fine brown hair, an inexpreffible
fweetneſs in her eyes, and an alluring
softneſs in her behaviour; ſhe appears
to be under nineteen. If ſhe has any
fault, it is that of apeing the follies and
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Impertinences of women of fashion, which
fit on her aukwardly. Her connections
at present with an elderly gentleman,
forbid us to enlarge farther; but in all
probability it will not be long before we
shall be able to do her ample justice in
our Lift; more especially as the old
gentleman cannot be able to appease her
desires, the torch of love being burnt
to the stump.

Miss Ev-ns, Ruffel Street.

It is with the greatest satisfaction, that
we find our labour, in the course of this
work, not entirely thrown away on those,
who, from their ungenteel and disgust-
ing manner of behaving in company,
have been treated formerly with some
harshness; and this young lady in par-
ticular deserves our praise on that account.
She has a pretty set of features and fine
eyes; and, if she pleases, can be the
agreeable companion in all respects.

Miff

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Miss Jull-ett, May's Buildings.

Remarkable for her complexion, good
set of teeth, and languishing eyes; her
behaviour is rather in the extreme of
generosity to the man she likes, and this
circumstance too often makes her penny-
lefs.

Sally R-Is, Charles-Street, Covent-Garden.

This is a middle-sized wench, with
fine eyes, but rather too dark a com-
plexion; very much hackeny'd. If a
gentleman sends for her to a tavern, and
intends to fup with her, he is requesited
to provide enough for four at least, as
her appetite is generally very keen. We
know of nothing that will put her out of
humour, but being flinted in this parti-
cular. As to her passion for negus and
punch, it is very moderate. Her chief
trade is chance-businefs, and it is thought
she has more than comes to her share;
but this may be owing to a sharp look-

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out. She has made great havock this
year among the 3d, 4th, and 5th mates
of East Indiamen.

Poll J-hn-fon, Ruffel-Street.

A delicate plump girl, and seems to
have a violent passion for the opposite sex,
especially when elevated with negus....
We would advise our friend Poll to lie by
a little, being apprehensive she is too
much worked, few women of the turf
being rid so often, which shows her fond
nefs for the game, and readinefs to oblige
her friends. She has various prices, from
ten shillings to five guineas, according to
the pocket of her cull....Her principal
trade is with petty seaf-officers, some of
whom have paid handsomely for their
frolic; one in particular, lately remonstrat-
ed to her on this head, by saying, "D-mn
you, Poll, the last time I had an affair
with you, you gave me a swinging cl-p:"
"Indeed, replied she, I must beg your
pardon; for you bought it at the small
price of a guinea."

Miff

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Miff D-nn-s, Leicester-Fields.

This girl is in high vouge, and has
some of the first rate company with her
every evening. She is quite complete
as to her person, and her behaviour is
perfectly genteel and easy. Her apart-
ments are elegantly furnished, and the
price of her favours is very high.

Mrs. P-tt, near the Romish Chapel, Lin-
coln's-Inn-Fields.

This lafs is without dispute a defirable
woman, and very neat in her drefs and
person; few women of the town are more
chatty and agreeable in their behaviour,
or more honourable. In her embraces,
she kiffes with a fervour and guft known
only to true love. Her vifiters are mostly
Roman Catholics.

Nancy S-ndwich, Princes-Street, Covent-
Garden.

Nancy has every requisite to please her
man, that a woman can wish; but, unluckily

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luckily for her finances, she seldom improves the golden opportunity. Her attractive figure, and genteel carriage; the piercing eye, light hair, and well-shaped leg and foot, are accomplishments few ladies of pleasure can boast of, with so much propriety.

Miss D-wkins, Bell-yard, Temple-Bar.

A generous, plump wench; not very tall; has fine black hair, and tolerable features; but is very vain and inconstant. She has several good customers belonging to the Inns of Court, and is often occupied by some old gentlemen learned in the law, in the Temple and Lincoln's-Inn. Her situation is very snug and handy.

Miss D-Irymple, Leicester-Fields.

Short, thin, and hard work'd--- Several complaints have been made to us much in her disfavour; for which reason we cannot recommend her to our customers.

Miss

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Miss Wheel-r, Castle-Court, Strand.

A genteel, tall, lafs; has a pretty face, is very chatty and good-temper'd; and doatingly fond, when well paid for her company.

Mrs. Freem-n, Red-Lion-Street.

A tall, genteel young tit, and reckoned by good judges to be very handsome; she has a great appearance of modefty; and was lately kept by a person of fashion. Her behaviour in conversation is very agreeable, and an air of sprightlinesh appears through her whole conduct.

Mrs. W-t-rs, near Lincoln's-Inn.

We cannot pretend to ascertain in what situation this heroine first began her amorous dalliances; but she seems to thrive in her occupation. Her figure is tall and commanding, but rather over burthened with flesh, which is the reason she has so short a neck; and, instead of love-infusing bubbles, she exhibits a large pair of fleshy dugs.

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dugs. Her skin is good, her hair brown,
and her features pretty agreeable. There
are frequently younger bits in the house
for delicate gentlemen.

Mif's Will-ms, lodges at the fame Place.

A pretty young wench, with a florid
complexion, good set of teeth, fine
brown hair, and ruby lips; has the look
of a fresh country girl, and some of the
limbs of the law say she behaves with an
excess of pleasure in the critical die-away
moments of her passion.

Mif's Dafhw-d, Charles Street.

Rather tall, with a perfectly straight shape,
glossy auburn hair, and a good skin; on
the whole, she is an elegant, smart girl.
In her cups, she is too much addicted to
abuse; but when half-mellow, no one can
outdo her in the violence of her agitations
in the raptures of love, and since the
birth of time there never exifted a gayer
or merrier mortal.

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Mif's Br-nnan, Ruffel-Street.

A lively fashionable young girl; her
manners appear to be quite polished;
has beautiful limbs, and is compleatly
initiated in all the mysteries of gallantry.

Bet Ha-elden, alias Merc-r, in the Strand.

Mif's Betsy was lately taken into keep-
ing by a sheriffs court officer, but turned
off about nine months ago. She is but
small, with blue eyes, large nose, fair
skin, flaxen hair, and chopt hands.

Mif's O-ens, Bridges-Street.

Something above the middle size, well
made, and genteel in her person.---She
has not much passion, and therefore can-
not please the vigorous Buck or joyous
Choice Spirit.

Mif's Slo-ne, Bridges-Street.

This young lady has some reputation
in trade; is mistress of an agreeable ogle
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and piercing dart of her eyes; but her complexion is artificial.

Poll Ch-dd-r, Wardour-Street, Soko.

A pretty little black girl, about nineteen years of age, chatty, and agreeable enough in behaviour; but she is a mere jilt, and will drink to excess with very little prefling. A Crown is generally her price; but you pay for your breakfast, if you lie at her lodgings.

Miss Y-ung, Bridges-Street.

The deportment of this girl is rather affected; and her forced smiles makes her sometimes appear completely ridiculous. Her features are very agreeable; but her dress is too studied, being frequently overwhelmed with ornamental superfluities.

Poll Barr-tt, alias M-rl-w, St. Martin's-Lane.

A little, good-humoured, black-ey'd wench, sings agreeably, and can play upon the tabor and pipe. She affects being

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ing more abandoned than she really is, and has been several times before justice F--- for her riotous behaviour.

Miss B-ll, Wardour-Street.

This young courtezan is very genteel and showy; her skin is like the soft silky down, regular features, not much hackneyed, of a very amorous disposition, and is never better pleased than when she is flattered for the charms of her person.

Miss Mx-w-ll, Cavendish-Street.

A dissembling thorough-paced Syren, has several artful stratagems of decoying gentlemen; and, Proteus like, changes as often as her interest or avarice thinks it requisite. She is tall, lofty, and well-made; but not young enough (in our opinion) to please the generality of men; and yet it is reported that her passions are so inordinate as not to be easily gratified.

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Miss

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Mif's M-ck-nfie, Henrietta-Street, Oxford-
Road.

This is a pretty Scots lafs; has great
ingenuity and prudence, and is not de-
ficient in that *Je ne faii quoi* which so
powerfully enhances the charms of the
fair sex. Her lodgings are genteel, and ſhe
affects to live in ſplendor;---her diſpoſition
is very amorous, and ſome of her cuſtomers
ſpend their money upon her with an un-
bounded generofity. In fact, ſhe is a fine
piece of goods, and will fetch a high price
in the Fleſh-market.

Mif's W-ll-s, *Bridges-Street*.

An agreeable genteel woman; but ſo
abandoned to the love of pelf, as to risk
her health upon all occafions, where money
is to be taken.---We muſt beg leave to
advife her to take ſuch precautions as
prudence and ſelf-prefervation will diſtate;
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as it will be out of the power of medicine
to preferve her conſtitution much longer.

Mif's -D-wk-ns, *Bridges-Street*.

An intriguing, gay, and volatile lafs; but
employs too much time at her looking glafs
to look after buſineſs. She is the reverfe
of Mif's W-ll-s; and ſtudies her personal
ſecurity, by examining, with the moſt
ſcrupulous nicety, all the appurte-
nances of the wonderful machine. Her
manner of infinuating herself into com-
pany is very agreeable, and ſhe has a
furprifing readineſs in finding out the
predominate paſſions of her gallants.

Mif's H-wk-ns, *Charles-Street*.

A middle-sized girl, with many personal
requisites for the trade; is a jovial com-
panion over a bottle, and has a great
turn for extravagance.

Mrs. W-rd, *Bridges-Street*.

This gentlewoman is very unbounded
in her desires, and public ſpirited in be-
ſtowing

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flowing her favours, the wholesomeness of
which those who have had an union with
her, can best describe.

Mrs. Smith, Ruffel-Street;

Has a good natural complexion, is
genteely made, and lively and entertain-
ing in her behaviour. She is industrious,
and has great success.

Miffy Y-tes, *Crown-Court, Ruffel-Street.*

A brisk, mellow wench, about the
middle size; her complexion fine and
clear, and there is something bewitch-
ing in her manner when in an undrefs.

Miffs D-wfon, King-Street, Bloomsbury.

Without dispute a pretty girl; she is
short, fair, and well limbed. No man
who ever vifted her, has the least reafon
to doubt her being a thorough proficient
in the rites of Venus, and she often fur-
nishes her favourites with some queer hints
as to the properly preſenting and adjuſting
themselves

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themselves in the amorous onſet, in order
to heighten the pleasure.

Mifs W-de, Wardour-Street, Soko.

Naturally easy and good natured, ad-
mired for her complexion, and has ex-
travagant prices for her favours.

Mifs M-fon, *Crown-Court, Ruffel Street.*

Blooming and fresh, with a roguish
smile; something above the middle size;
tolerable features, and a good skin; there
is something very inviting in her looks,
and she has a genteel way of walking.

Mifs O-del, *Bloomſbury Market.*

This young lady is of a feature which
hardly reaches to the middle size, but the
fymmetry of her limbs, and the easy grace
of her motions abundantly compenſates
for her want of height. Her ſkin is ex-
treamly fair, a circumstance of great im-
portance, and which never fails to delight

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the eye of the gallant. Her eyes and hair
are black, and her features in general
agreeable. She is of a dispoſition a little
too mercenary, and ſhews too plainly
that the love of money is more predomi-
nate in her than the ſoft paſſion which
bears the chief ſway over moſt female
breaſts. This made an arch wag once
put a trick upon her, which gave her no
ſmall mortification. This was no other
than paying her with money of which he
had picked her pocket; a piece of deceit,
which provoked her highly, when ſhe
came to diſcover it.

Mifs F-wler, Spring Gardens.

Tall and genteel; her perſon, which is
a fine one, is greatly recommended to the
notice of every gallant by a graceful
and eafy deportment. Her eyes are black,
and ſhe knows perfectly well how to uſe
them. Her complexion, cannot be called
a fine one, but it is tolerable. Com-
plexion, however, is the moſt uneſſential
article of beauty, as it was never yet
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agreed on which is the beſt. Her hair is
of a dark brown, and very fine. In a
word, ſhe is a very agreeable woman in the
opinion of every body, and a fine woman
in the opinion of ſome.

Mifs K-nt, Poultry.

Tall and fair, ſome think her hand-
ſome, but the many do not upon this
head agree with the ſew; no body, how-
ever, ever thought her ugly. Her eyes
are of a light blue colour, and tho' Cupid
cannot be ſaid to take up his conſtant
reſidence in them, the wanton God ſome-
times inſtructs his darts to fly from their
fly corners.---Has a genteel city trade.

Mifs B-oth, Cheapſide.

Mifs Booth's ſtature does not exceed
the middle ſize, but ſhe is extreamly well
made, and has an art to increaſe the plea-
fure of her lover, which is peculiar to her-
felf. The colour of her hair is a dark
brown, her eyes are blue, and her features
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in general regular. Tho' there is nothing
striking in any of them, taken separately,
there is something pleasing in the assem-
blage of them all.

Mif's T-ney, Bow-Street.

Not of a considerable figure, but
posseffed of many perfections which atone
for that defect, if it can be called one;
for littlenefs is by no means an obstacle to
pleasing; nay, lovers, by delighting in
diminutive epithets, induce us to think
that it is rather a perfection. Her eyes
are black and sprightly, every glance se-
cures her victory over the beholder's
heart: her smiles may be compared to
those which Homer would have us con-
ceive to come from Venus, when he calls
her the laughter-loving goddeſs. Her
hair is brown, and her ſkin very fine.
Since fuch and so many are her excellencies,
it is not to be wondered at that ſhe ſhould
have a considerable number of admirers.

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Mif's He-thc-te, Strand.

A fine young creature! her figure is
the middle size; ſhe has a charming ſkin,
her neck and breasts have beauties which
might even kindle a flame in the chafte
breast of a m-th-dift parfon. The heav-
ing globes of her breasts soon catch the
eye, and excite certain titillations which
give the gallant a longing desire to handle
them. Her behaviour is so polite and oblig-
ing, that it fixes the lover whom her beauty
won. This young lady has not been many
months upon the town, but ſhe has made
good use of her time, for ſhe has captiva-
ted the hearts of half the men in it.

Mif's Kitty Br-wn, Northumberland Court,
Strand;

Has a fair complexion, a commanding,
yet-modeſt countenance, brilliant bluifh
eyes, fine lips, graceful deportment, and
ſmall pouting babbies. Her manner of
behaving in company is quite agreeable;
and ſhe is very honourable in her bar-
gains.

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Mifs P-rfons, Leicester Fields.

A little thin sprightly young tit, with
fine dark eyes, a good complexion, affects
much fondness in her embraces, and some-
times almost smothers her gallant with
kisses. Her lodgings are genteel and
commodious; and is often sent for to the
R-fe, Sh-kefspear, and Bedf-rd Arms.

Mifs Ev-ns, Fountain Court.

A well-shaped showy bit of goods by
candle light, but her teeth are almost ro-
ten, her breath puts you in mind of the
scents of Edinburgh in a morning; in
short, we cannot recommend her as found
wind and limb.

Kitty B-ckly, Long Acre.

A tolerable piece; but has left off the
profession of seeing company: and taken
up the trade of showing it. Her adven-
tures would exceed a large volume; and
no woman was ever more hackneyed,
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having been in constant use ever since
her thirteenth year. Her house is very
genteel and commodious. For some far-
ther anecdotes concerning her, the reader
is refered to the former lift.

Mifs Hudf-n, Margaret Street, Westminfter.

Has fine languishing eyes, a beautiful
skin, and her neck and bosom very deli-
cate. Is remarkable for a well-shaped leg
and foot, and it is reported by some that
her Grotto of Love is as fine as any in the
kingdom.

Mifs Pack-r, Charles Street, Covent Garden.

Rather tall, and pretty full of flesh;
has large features, but not very regular;
her eyes are almost black, and her hair
brown; she is reported to have made some
queer improvements in the trade since her
toming on; by which she obtains a pretty
income.

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Mifs Cl-rke, Broad Court, Long Acre.

A comely agreeable gentlewoman; has
a good complexion, fine black eyes, and
a pleasing way of behaviour in company.
It is said she is a married woman, but that
the flummish duties of Hymen not satisfying
the violence of her desires, she quitted her
husband, and at prefent riots in all the
luxury of the Garden.

Mifs Ma-klin, Ruffel-Street.

A smart lafcivious little lafs; said to be
too fond of strong waters, which often
occasions a riotous manner of behaviour;
but in order to compensate for this fault,
as soon as she is reconciled to her man, she
is unbounded in her gratitude.

Mifs Eyr-s, Oxford Road.

Fair and delicate in her complexion,
with languifhing blue eyes, a very endear-
ing manner; and seems formed to please
the moft difficult and capricious of the
opposite sex.

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Mifs Gr-nt, Carnaby Market.

Well made, very agreeable in her per-
fon; there is something inexpreffibly
fweet and engaging in her face; and fhe
has an happy way of raifing the defires of
her gallants.

Mifs M-rphy, Holborn, near Featherstone
Buildings.

A piece of true Shelalah! Her fize is too
maſculine; her face broad, and her mouth
very wide; addicted to fwearing, and
fond of the bottle. When in liquor ſhe
frequently diffenſes her Broughtonian
favours on thofe about her; and this
circumſtance occafions a great decay in
her finances.

Mifs Bird, alias J-hnſt-n, Bridges Street.

A tall thin girl, genteel in her perſon,
and very agreeable in her manner; but
paints intollerably. She is to be seen
every night at the Ben Johnson. Has a
Northern brogue in her ſpeech; and is too
often in a ſtate of intoxication.

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Mif's H-mpton, Ruffel Street.

Agreeable in her person and manner; has light flaxen hair; of the middle fize, fine blue eyes; and pleasing breasts. She too may be met with at Roberts's.

Mif's G-lbs, Bow Street.

A jumpy jolly girl, with light hazel eyes; a good skin; and makes up all the deficiencies of elegance in shape, by a most obliging and courteous behaviour.

Mif's Sm-th, Duke's Court, Bow Street,

A well made lafs, something under the middle fize, with dark brown hair, and a good complexion. Her behaviour is in the extreme of fondnefs in her love-devotions. She seems indeed of true Melfalian breed, and fo injaged by a furor matricis, that no maſculine endeavours can tire, or variety ſatisfy. Some gentlemen who have been in her company have en-deavoured to discover the caufe of this excefis of fondneſs in the act of copulation: and

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and Dr. F---s in particular, (a great connoisseur in female affairs) has made the following remarks: " That her breasts are " small, but at the fame time conveniently " hard; that there is a profusion of hair " about her privities, (which are situated " high, and near the navel) and that this " profusion is occasioned by the extraordinary heat in thofe parts; that the hair " of her head, &c. is ſhort, and inclinable " to curl; her voice is ſhrill and loud; " ſhe is bold of ſpeech; proud, and cruel " to her own ſex; that ſhe has not her " courſes for two or three months together; that ſhe does not ſmell ſo rank " when ſhe sweats, as a woman of a leſs " laſcivious diſpoſition; that her breath " is ſweet, lips moift, and ſhe delights in " ſociety and public places." Theſe, ſays he, are ſure indications of a wanton and libidinous inclination. But as we are not able to determine whether the Doctor's remarks are truly physical, we ſhall leave the decifion of the matter to the members of the C---e of P---s, and ſhall be glad of receiving

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receiving their opinion on this important
affair, directed either to the Shakespeare,
B'df'd H'ed, or R'fe, where she may be
feen and examined at any hour.

Mrs. A---n, May Fair.

A tall, genteel woman, who generally
dresses in the most elegant taste. She is
rather comely than absolutely handsome,
and by some might be thought too mafcu-
line. She endeavours to give herself the
airs of a woman of quality; but they fit
very aukwardly upon her. We know
nothing of this lady's original; but she
was lately kept by a noble lord, who
permitted her to draw on his name and
title over her own. This lady has also a
fifter; but whether it is with them as with
Mrs. Frail and Mrs. Forefight, "Sifter"
"fifter every way," we cannot determine.
She is about 23 years of age.