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6)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,
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