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'' | <p>used to frequent Marlborough-house — You know the genealogy | ||
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— Lady P. and Lady <unclear>Di-</unclear> Beauclerk sisters to the present | |||
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D. of Marlborough. It was pleasing enough to contemplate | |||
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at leisure the remains of a beauty which was one of the | |||
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first that I remember to have heard celebrated <hi rend="underline"><foreign>au</foreign></hi> <hi rend="underline"><foreign>sortir</foreign></hi> | |||
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<hi rend="underline"><foreign>de</foreign></hi> <hi rend="underline"><foreign>l'enfance</foreign></hi>. Lady P. and Lady Egremont whom <add>also</add> I shall | |||
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probably have the opportunity of being acquainted with were | |||
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the two heroines of a copy of verses <add>which</add> I remember made | |||
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some noise at Tunbridge when I was there with my | |||
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Father about 20 year ago. She is grown fat, and by that | |||
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means a little out of shape: but she has still a fine face | |||
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and very fine light brown hair which she wears neatly | |||
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done up without powder to serve as evidence of youth. To | |||
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<sic>apologize</sic> for the attention with which I survey'd her, and to | |||
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make up for the little I could have to say upon such topics | |||
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I threw into my looks as well as I could an air of respect | |||
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mixed up with a small dash of tenderness. She is at that | |||
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time of life at which a woman thinks herself obliged to any man <add>who</add></p> | |||
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used to frequent Marlborough-house — You know the genealogy
— Lady P. and Lady Di- Beauclerk sisters to the present
D. of Marlborough. It was pleasing enough to contemplate
at leisure the remains of a beauty which was one of the
first that I remember to have heard celebrated au sortir
de l'enfance. Lady P. and Lady Egremont whom also I shall
probably have the opportunity of being acquainted with were
the two heroines of a copy of verses which I remember made
some noise at Tunbridge when I was there with my
Father about 20 year ago. She is grown fat, and by that
means a little out of shape: but she has still a fine face
and very fine light brown hair which she wears neatly
done up without powder to serve as evidence of youth. To
apologize for the attention with which I survey'd her, and to
make up for the little I could have to say upon such topics
I threw into my looks as well as I could an air of respect
mixed up with a small dash of tenderness. She is at that
time of life at which a woman thinks herself obliged to any man who
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Identifier: | JB/539/210/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539. |
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1781-08-25 |
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539 |
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210 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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