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good Qualities.

Such was the party aſsembled in the elegant Drawing Room of Johnson Court, amongst which the pleasing figure of a Sultana was the most remarkable of the female Masks. Of the Males a Mask representing the Sun, was the most universally admired. The Beams that darted from his Eyes were like those of that glorious Luminary tho' infinitely superior. So strong were they that no one dared venture within half a mile of them; he had therefore the best part of the Room to himself, its size not amount:
:ing to more than {{MS|3|three} quarters of a mile in length & half a one in breadth. The Gentleman at last finding the feirceneſsin conveni::ence,