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From the Original by SP Lely. at Windsor.

Pub. July 1.1808. by John White. Fleet St & John Scott, 442.Strand.

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Pub July.1.1808. by John White. Fleet St & John Scott. Strand,

She was of a middle size, had a skin of a dazzling whiteness, fine hands, and a foot surprizingly beautiful, even in England: long custom had given such a languishing tenderness to her looks, that she never opened her eyes but like a Chinese; and, when she ogled, one would have thought she was doing something

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Jermyn accepted of her at first; but, being soon puzzled what to do with her, he thought it best to sacrifice her to Lady Castlemaine. sacrifice was far from being displeasing to her it was much to her glory to have carried off Jermyn from so many competitors; but this was of no consequence in the end.

Jacob Hall, the famous rope-dancer, was at that time in vogue in London: his strength and agility charmed in

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