Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies: or Man of Pleasure's Kalendar for the Year, 1788Anonymous
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Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies: or Man of Pleasure's Kalendar for the Year, 1788
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English wit and humor; Prostitution -- England -- London -- Humor; Sex -- Humor
Miss Betsy Cl--rke, No. 1 1, _Stephen-Street,
Rathbone Place_.
Hope, with a gaudy prospect feeds the eye,
Sooths every sense, does with each with
comply;
But false enjoyment the kind guide destroys,
We lose the passion in the treacherous joys.
Enjoyment is the most exquisite of
human pleasures; ah! what a pity it is
so short in duration. Nature wound up
to the highest pitch, after striking _twelve_,
immediately descends to poor solitary
_one_: these are the reflections that na-
turally arise on enjoying Betsy. Though
she is but little, she is an epitome of de-
light, a quintescence of joy, which by the
most endearing chemistry, give all spirit,
and unite in small compass, the efficacy
of a much larger bulk. Her lovely fair
tresses and elegant countenance beat
alarms to love; but we attack only to
fall in the breach, and lament that the
luscious
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luscious conflict is so soon ended. The
common destroyer of beauty has made a
few dells on the face of this fair Jewess,
but a pair of pretty dimples makes ample
amends, and quite over balances these
trifling imperfections; she has been in
life not more than six months, and ex-
pects, if she calls any man a friend,
to receive two guineas the first visit.
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Miss D--gl--ss, No. 1, _Poland-Street_.
See through the liquid eye, the melting glance,
The buried soul in lovely tumults lost,
And all the senses to the _centre sent_.
She is of the middle size, light hair,
blue eyes, and about twenty-two; she is
a very agreeable companion, fings a
good song, and is a buxom, lively,
luscious bed-fellow, but has nothing re-
markable above the common run of
women of the town, who are young and
handsome; she has been a sportswoman
in the Cyprian Games about five years,
and always expects two pounds two be-
fore she is mounted.
Miss
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Miss Betsy H--ds--n, _at Mrs. Kelly's,
Duke-Street, Saint James's_.
How dull the spring of life would prove,
Without the kiss that waits on love;
From youthful lips you soon receive
The richest harvest lips can give.
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