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
It is a pity that so noble a piece could
not be preserved solely for the use of his
Majesty's Grenadiers; she is more than
six foot; she is now about twenty-five,
possesses an elegance in her person, (we
wish we could pay the same compliment
to her actions) light hair and eyes, which
are continually lighted up by the all pow-
erful brandy bottle; as she excells in the
height of stature so is she the height of
good nature, for she never refuses any
gentleman
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gentleman her favors, that has any mo-
ney in his pocket; she is surely too the
height of vulgarity, for she will come
her _eyes and limbs_, with any lady from
Billingsgate, or Jack tar from Wapping;
but her greatest fault, and what makes
more disgusting her other imperfections,
is her violent attachment to drinking;
she generally contrives to pin her basket
completely by nine o'clock; then she
swears most abominably, and is as great
a proficient in barefaced indecency, as
Messalina of antient Rome. We there-
fore set her up as a beacon; in spite of
all, when she pleases, she can be a good
companion, and speaks the English lan-
guage remarkably well; she is never de-
nied to any one, except Mr. G. a watch-
maker, in the city, should be engaged
with her, he being her particular friend.
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Mrs. Charlotte F--ne, No. 41, _King
Street, Soho_.
To tell the beautie's of the place,
How weak is human tongue;
The noble fringes which it grace,
In golden ringlets hung.
Charlotte received a good education,
and was once far above the perambu-
lating
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lating class of nymphs, and might, per-
haps, have remained so, had not her
violent attachment to the curs'd buckle
and belt society, rendered her disgusting
in the eyes of all her friends; Mr.
G--bl--t, brother to a tallow chandler,
of Carnaby-Market, took particular no-
tice of her, and removed her once from
her hated crew, allowed her a tolerable
provision, and would have continued
her friend, had not her rage for the old
society made him forfeit his esteem. She
is now rather in the wane, having seen
at least twenty-eight summers, tall, and
very well proportioned; her complexion
is but indifferent, but, being a native of
Germany, is not to be wondered at; she
speaks French also, but we cannot get
her to confess she has been ten years on
the town, unless you pay her a _guinea fee_
for confessing.
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Mrs, W--tp--l, No. 2, _Poland-Street,
Oxford-Street_.
She smil'd, and gave a kiss might Jove disarm,
And from his hand the brandished thunder
charm.
If this good natured willing girl should
chance to be engaged herself, she will
with
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