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On being shewn into an elegant dreſsing room, ornamented with festoons of artificial flowers, they were struck with the engaging Exterior & beautifull outside of Jezalinda the eldest of the young Ladies; but e'er they had been many minutes seated, the Wit & Charms which shone resplendant in the conversation of the amiable Rebecca, en:
:chanted them so much that they all with one accord jumped up & exclaimed.

"Lovely & too charming Fair one, notwith:
:standing your forbidding Squint, your greazy treſses & your swelling Back, which are more frightfull than imagination can paint or pen describe, I cannot refrain from expreſsing my raptures, at the engaging Qualities of your Mind,