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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-

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Untitled Article 1
Untitled Article 2
LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Article 5
MOON-LIGHT. Article 12
AN ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN OF ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 534, LAHCASTER. Article 14
EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. Article 17
SKETCHES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS. Article 22
CHARACTERS OF CHILLINGWORTH AND BAYLE. Article 26
SCENE IN THE ALPS. Article 28
A TOUR THROUGH LONDON, Article 29
THE STAGE. Article 35
ON THE RETURN OF SPRING. Article 39
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 41
THE VANITY OF FAME. Article 42
ANECDOTES. Article 44
SINGULAR INSTANCES OF PUSILLANIMITY Article 46
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF GENEROSITY. Article 47
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 48
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 59
POETRY. Article 60
THE MASON,S PRAYER. Article 61
ELEGY. Article 62
TO THE MOON. Article 63
PROLOGUE TO VORTIGERN. Article 64
EPILOGUE TO THE SAME. Article 65
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 66
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Article 70
STATE PAPERS. Article 75
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 77
HOME NEWS. Article 78
TRIAL OF VICE-ADMIRAL CORNWALLIS. Article 79
PROMOTIONS. Article 82
Untitled Article 82
OBITUARY. Article 83
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 85
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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-

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