This was her confession to her dear Mr. Wh--te, had she less partiality for him, her friends in general would have a greater partiality for her; she has a tolerable pretty mouth, we wish we could pay her teeth the same compliment; that mouth she thinks serves as an index to its _cousin be- low_; to be sure she has learned the wrig- ling part of pleasing, and would willing- lY make her gentlemen believe, when in the _heat_ of the engagement,' that he is giving her pain; but however large the _premises_ may be, she certainly has attained a very pleasing method of _contracting them_, never meeting with one she could not per- fectly well accommodate, from an infant shoe ( 107 ) shoe to a _jack_ boot. She is of the mid- dling size, with dark hair and eyes; re- tains a good complexion without the assistance of rouge or pearl powder; is very lively and chearful, and as a conver- sation piece only, would make the time pass away agreeable enough, being chear- ful and good humoured, with a pleasant smile upon her countenance; will drink a chearful glass to George the third with pleasure, and whilst she has the glass in one hand, has no objection to see his picture in the other; but sooner than her dear man should want, she would retail her charms at five shillings an hour all day long. ___________________________________ Miss K--lp--n. Those formal lovers be for ever curst, Who fetter'd free-born love with honour first; Who through fantastic laws, are virtue's fools, And against nature, will be slaves to rules. We cannot pretend to say where this curious oddity lives, that being a cir- cumstance she carefully conceals; and what is more extraordinary, she never can be prevailed on to go into taverns or other houses with a gentleman. To what ( 108)