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A Tour Through London,
nearly as numerous ; and , like them , shine in their only suit . They hawk their charms to a crowded market , where the purchasers are few . —Many attempts are made for one customer gained . They cling to ones arms like the Lilliputian ships to the girdle of Gulliver . Some of the finest women I saw in London were of this class . I conversed with of them . —They could all sweartalk
indemany , cently , and drink g in . Most of them assured me , they had not a penny in the ' world . I considered them as objects of pity more than of punishment ; and would gladly have given a trifle to each , but found it could not be done for less than ten thousand shillings . Of all professions , this seems the most deplorable , and the most industriously pursued . . That diligence is exercised to starve in this ,
which would enable them to live in another . Many causes tend to furnish the streets of London with evening game ; as , being destitute of protection in early years ; being trepanned by the artful of our sex , or the more artful of their own ; accidental distress , without prospect of relief ; disappointment of places , or of love . But the principal cause is idleness . To the ge ^ is to labour it is dif
nerality of the world , ease preferable . Perhaps - ficult to produce an instance of a girl , of an industrious turn , going upon , the town . It is seldom an act of choice , but of necessity . Inclination seems no part of the excitement . This is much the same as in the rest of women . It is not the man they want , but the mo-! They suffer what they do not relishto procure the bread
ney , they dp . In the connexions between the sexes , the heart is not of the party . Their language , like that of the leech , is , give ; and like it , they squander their profits and become lean . —Their price is various , but always a little more than they can get . "
There is a small degree of delicacy requisite , even in the most abandoned : A female should ever appear in a female character . Charms tendered in the vulgar stile , cease to be charms . We should not see , but guess . However necessary this degenerate race maybe for . preventing depredations upon families , in them the order of things seem invertedThe male was designed to be the solicitoras is practised
. , among every species of animals , the woman to " be woo'd , and not unsought be won ; " but by offering her treasures to every beholder , she renders them desp icable ; which tends to cultivate a monstrous passion in our sex , never designed by nature . Various degrees of prudence may easily be seen , even among these fallen beauties , by their dress and their manners . But in this -profor could observe
fession , prudence does not increase with age ; I , the dress and the wearer grow old together . Some are elegantly attired , others extremely shewy with trifles ; and the use of spirits had burnt holes in the apparel of numbers , which are never repaired by the needle , or a flourishing trade . A genteel figure , and one of the handsomest women I had ever Eet'u , approached me ; a few insignificant remarks opened a . conversa-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Tour Through London,
nearly as numerous ; and , like them , shine in their only suit . They hawk their charms to a crowded market , where the purchasers are few . —Many attempts are made for one customer gained . They cling to ones arms like the Lilliputian ships to the girdle of Gulliver . Some of the finest women I saw in London were of this class . I conversed with of them . —They could all sweartalk
indemany , cently , and drink g in . Most of them assured me , they had not a penny in the ' world . I considered them as objects of pity more than of punishment ; and would gladly have given a trifle to each , but found it could not be done for less than ten thousand shillings . Of all professions , this seems the most deplorable , and the most industriously pursued . . That diligence is exercised to starve in this ,
which would enable them to live in another . Many causes tend to furnish the streets of London with evening game ; as , being destitute of protection in early years ; being trepanned by the artful of our sex , or the more artful of their own ; accidental distress , without prospect of relief ; disappointment of places , or of love . But the principal cause is idleness . To the ge ^ is to labour it is dif
nerality of the world , ease preferable . Perhaps - ficult to produce an instance of a girl , of an industrious turn , going upon , the town . It is seldom an act of choice , but of necessity . Inclination seems no part of the excitement . This is much the same as in the rest of women . It is not the man they want , but the mo-! They suffer what they do not relishto procure the bread
ney , they dp . In the connexions between the sexes , the heart is not of the party . Their language , like that of the leech , is , give ; and like it , they squander their profits and become lean . —Their price is various , but always a little more than they can get . "
There is a small degree of delicacy requisite , even in the most abandoned : A female should ever appear in a female character . Charms tendered in the vulgar stile , cease to be charms . We should not see , but guess . However necessary this degenerate race maybe for . preventing depredations upon families , in them the order of things seem invertedThe male was designed to be the solicitoras is practised
. , among every species of animals , the woman to " be woo'd , and not unsought be won ; " but by offering her treasures to every beholder , she renders them desp icable ; which tends to cultivate a monstrous passion in our sex , never designed by nature . Various degrees of prudence may easily be seen , even among these fallen beauties , by their dress and their manners . But in this -profor could observe
fession , prudence does not increase with age ; I , the dress and the wearer grow old together . Some are elegantly attired , others extremely shewy with trifles ; and the use of spirits had burnt holes in the apparel of numbers , which are never repaired by the needle , or a flourishing trade . A genteel figure , and one of the handsomest women I had ever Eet'u , approached me ; a few insignificant remarks opened a . conversa-