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HARRIS's LIST

     OF

COVENT-GARDEN LADIES:

        OR,

  MAN OF PLEASURE's

     KALENDER,

  For the YEAR, 1788.

      CONTAINING

The Histories and some Curious Anec-
 dotes of the most celebrated Ladies
 now on the Town, or in keeping, and
 also many of their Keepers.

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LONDON:


Printed for H. RANGER, (formerly at No. 23.
_Fleet-Street_,) at No. 9, _Little Bridge-Street_, near
_Drury-Lane Play-House_

Where may be had,

The separate LISTS of many preceding Years

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Transcriber's Note.

Words in italics in the book are enclosed between
underscores in this ebook. The original capitalisation,
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of round and square brackets, and the misnumbering of
page 17 as page 71) have also been kept. However, a
small number of corrections have been made for the
convenience of the reader (where, for example, there
are no spaces between words).

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CONTENTS.

A

Antr*b*s, Mrs--Page 126


B

B*nd, Miss--49
B*lt*n, Miss--36
Br*wn, Miss--46
Bl*ke, Miss--54
Betsy--78
Br*wn, Miss--94
B*r*n, Miss Phoebe--113
B*rn, Miss--22


C

Cr*sb*y, Mrs.--25
         C*rt*n*y

               ( vi )

C*rtn**, Miss Fanny--33
Cl*nt*n, Miss--42
Cl*rk, Miss Betsy--43
Ch*sh*line, Mrs.--62
C*p*r, Miss--70
Ch*ld, Miss--96
C*sd*l, Miss Charlotte--103
C*p, Miss--104
C*tt*n, Miss Charlotte--115
Cl*rk, Miss--117
C*rb*t, Miss--122


D

D*d, Mrs.--52
D*v*p*rt, Miss--38
D*g*ss, Miss--44
D*f*ld Mrs.--47
D*v*nsh*re, Miss--91
D*v*s, Miss Nancy--106
D*rl*z, Madam--129


E

Emmey--111
Ell*t, Miss Emma--131


F

Fr*s*r, Mrs.--99
F*n*, Mrs. Charlotte--139
                    Gr*n,

               ( vii )


G

Gr*n, Miss--51
G**g*, Miss--41
Gr*c*r, Miss--86
G*rdn*r, Miss--123
Gr*ff*n, Mrs.--141


H

H*ds*n, Miss Betse--45
H*rv*y, Mrs.--60
H*ll*ngb*rg, Mrs.--73
H**d, Mrs.--72
H*st**ng, Miss Betsy--89
H*ll*n, Miss--128
H*nl*y, Miss Fann--137
H*ll*nd, Miss--17
H*rd*y, Miss--21


J

J*n*s, Miss Harriet--27
J*hn*t*n, Miss--68
J*n*s, Miss--101
J*ns*n, Miss--19


K

K*n, Miss--58
K*lp*n, Miss--107
K*bb*rd, Miss Jenny--138


L

L*nds*y, Miss--75
L*ws, Mrs.--77
Ll*d Miss Harriet--82
              L*st*r,

               ( viii )

L*st*r, Miss--15
L*ns*y, Miss--20
L*c*s, Miss--24


M

M*rt*n, Miss Sophia--31
M*nt*n, Miss--57
M*rr*s, Miss--63
M*lt*n, Miss--85
M*lsw*rth, Miss--88
M*ns*n, Miss Louisa--124


N

N*ble, Miss--31
N*t*n, Mrs.--92


P

P*mbr*k*, Miss--80
Du Par Mademoiselle--143


R

R*ss, Miss--34
R*b*ns*n, Mrs.--74
R*l*ns, Miss Betsy--66
R*ch*rds*n, Miss--23

                S*ms

               ( ix )


S

S*ms, Miss--35
S*tt*n, Mrs.--69
S*dd*ns, Miss Sarah--83
Sp*ns*r, Mrs.--35


T

T*wnsd*n, Miss--97
T*s*n, Miss--133
T*rb*t, Mrs--22


W

W*lkins*n, Miss--29
W*d, Miss--32
W*tk*ns, Miss Elizabeth--64
W*rd, Mrs.--100
W*d, Mrs.--67
W*ls*n, Miss--113
W*bst*r, Mrs.--119
W*ll*ms, Miss--135
W*rp*l, Mrs.--140
W*rn*r, Miss--144

          ERRATA,

               ( x )

ERRATA.

In page 42, Miss Cl--nt--n, at No.
   17, _read_ -------- Street.
Page 72 _read_ No. 4, _instead_ of No.
   14.
Page 77, _read_ Mrs L--w--s, at No. 68.



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INTRODUCTION.


   Again the coral berry'd holly glads the eye,
   The ivy green again each window decks,
   And mistletoe, kind friend to _Bassia_'s cause,
   Under each merry roof invites the kiss;
   Come then, my friends, ye friends to _Harris_ come,
   And more than kisses share, drink love supreme
   From his ambrosial cup, tho' oft replete
   Satiety ne'er gives, but leaves the ravish'd sense
   Supremely blest, and ever craving more.
   Come ye gay sons of pleasure, come and feast
   Your _every_ sense, and lave your souls in love,
   Fearless advance, nor think of ills to come;
   Here taste variety, of love's sweet gifts,
   Pure and unstain'd as at kind nature's birth.


THE parterre of Venus was never
more elegantly filled, never did
the loves and graces shine, with more
splendor than at present; Marylebone,
the now grand paradise of love, and
Covent Garden, her elder born, beam
with uncommon ardor; nor is our
antient Drury unfrequented; no sooner
do the stars above shed their benign in-
fluence, but our more attracting ones
                                below

               [ 14 ]

below bespangle every walk, and make
a heaven on earth; Bagnigge, St. George's
Spa, with all their sister shops, deal
out each night their choiceft gifts of love;
nor with the sons of pleasure be dis-
appointed should they extend their travels
still farther east, and visit the purlieus
of White Chapel.  The Royalty is
over full, and Wapping, Shadwell, and
the neighbouring _fields_ lend all their
lovely train to glad each night; these
then shall be our walks; from these gay
spots of pleasure shall we call love's
purest sweets,

         And without thorn the rose.

   By thus extending our researches we
shall be able to suit every constitution,
and every pocket, every whim and
fancy that the most extravagant sensua-
list can desire.	Here may they learn to
shun the dreadful quicksands of pain and
mortification, and land safe on the terra
firma of delight and love.

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    HARRIS's LIST

         OF

COVENT-GARDEN LADIES

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Miss L--st--r, No. 6, _Union-Street,
       Oxford-Road_.

   Oh, pleasing talk, to paint the ripen'd charms
   Of youth untutor'd in the female arts;
   To see instinctively desire blaze out,
   And warm the mind with all its burning joys.
   The _tell-tale eyes_ in liquid pools sustain'd,
   The throbbing breast now rising, now suppress't;
   The _thrilling bliss_ quick darting thro' the frame,
   The _short fetch'd sighs_, the snow white twining
        limbs,
   The sudden gush, and the extatic oh.

SUCH our all pleasing L--st--r
leads the train, and, smiling like
the morn, unfolds her heaven of beauties.
Oh, for a _Guido's touch_, or _Thomson's
                                thought_,

               ( 16 )

thought_, to paint the richness of her
unequall'd charms; every perfection
that can possibly adorn the face and
mind of Woman seem centered in this be-
witching girl; hither resort then, ye
genuine lovers of beauty and good
sense; here, whilst _Plutus_ reigns, may
you revel nor know satiety; here feast
the longing appetite, and return with
fresh _vigor_ to every _attack_. Now arrived
at the tempting age of nineteen, her ima-
gination is filled with every luscious
idea, _refined_ sensibiiity, and _fierce desire_
can unite, her form is majestic, tall, and
elegant; her make truly genteel, her
complexion

   -----As April's lily fair,
   And blooming as June's brightest rose.

Painted by the masterly hand of nature,
shaded by tresses of the darkest brown,
and enlivened by two stars that swim in
all the essence of unsatiated love.

   Her pouting lips distil nectarious balm,
   And thro' the frame its thrilling transports
      dart;

which, when parted, display a casket
of snow white pearls, ranged in the nicest
regularity, the _neighbouring hills_ below
                                      full

               ( 71 )

full ripe for manual pressure, firm, and
elastic, and heave at every touch. The
_Elysian font_, in the centre of a _black be-
witching grove_, supported by two pyra-
mids white as alabaster, very delicate,
and soft as turtle's down. At the _approach_
of their _favourite lord_ unfold, and for
three guineas he is conducted to this
_harbour_ of never failing delight. Add
to all this, she sings well, is a very
chearful companion, and has only been,
in _life_ nine months.

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Miss H--ll--nd, No. 2, _York-Street,
           Queen-Ann-Street_.

   No time shall pass without that dear delight,
   I'll talk of love all day, and aca it all the night;
   Pleasure and I as to one goal design'd,
   Will run with equal pace, while sorrow lays
         behind.

   Those who choose to sail the island
of love in a _first rate_ ship, or to enclose
an armful of delight, must be pleased
with this lady; who, tho' only seventeen
and short, is very fat and corpulent;
yet, notwithstanding, she is a fine piece
of frailty; her face is handsome and
                                 her

               ( 18 )

her _nut brown locks_, which are placed
_above_ and below, promise a luscious
treat to the voluptuary. Her temper is
agreeable and pleasing, and she is so far
from being mercenary, that a single
guinea is the boundage of her wish.

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Miss B--rn, No. 18, _Old Compton
          Street, Soho_.

   Close in the arms she languishingly lies,
   With dying looks, short breath, and wishing
       eyes.

This accomplished nymph	has just
attained her eighteenth year, and fraught
with every perfection, enters a volunteer
in the field of Venus. She plays on the
piano forte, sings, dances, and is mistress
of every _Manoeuvre_ in the amorous contest
that can enhance the coming pleasure;
is of the middle stature, fine auburn
hair, dark eyes, and very inviting
countenance, which ever seems to beam
delight and love. In bed she is all the
heart can wish, or eye admire, every
limb is symmetry, every action under
cover truly amorous; her price is two
pounds two.

                                 Miss

               ( 19 )

Miss J--ns--n, No 17, _Goodge Steet,
           Charlotte Street_.

   And all these joys insatiably to prove,
   With which rich beauty feasts the glutton love.

The raven coloured tresses of Miss
J--ns--n are pleasing, and are charac-
teristics of strength and ability in the
wars of Venus. Indeed this fair one is
not afraid of work, but will undergo a
great deal of labour in the action; she
sings, dances, will drink a chearful glass,
and is a good companion. She has such
a noble elasticity in her loins, that she can
cast her lover to a pleasing height, and
receive him again with the utmost dex-
terity. Her price is one pound one, and
for her person and amorous qualifications
she is well worth the money.

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Miss L--v--r, No. 17, _Ogle Street,
       Queen Ann-Street East_.

   She darted from her eyes a side long glance
   Just as she spoke, and, like her words, it flew,
   Seem'd not to beg, what yet she bid to do.

This young nymph of fifteen is
short, of a dark complexion, and inclin-
                                    able

               ( 20 )

able to be lusty; she does not rely on
_chamber practice_ only, for she takes her
evening excursions to seek for _clients_, who
may put their case to her either in a ta-
vern or her own apartments; her fee is
from a crown to half a guinea, and she
strives to earn her money by seeming to
be agreeable; however, she may please
some, and as we have only known her
about four months she cannot have lost
her _appetite_, but seems particularly fond
of the sport.

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Miss L--ns--y, No. 13, _Bentick Street,
            Berwick Street_.

   Close in the arms she languishingly lies,
   With dying looks, short breath, and swimming
          eyes.

To all lovers of carrots we would re-
commend this fair complex, and blue ey'd
nymph; she is now steering into the
nineteenth year, and has very little of the
vulgarity too often found in the sister-
hood, but would be rather silent than
speak nonsense: the mere sensualist will
not find her quite to his fancy, but she
will please the delicate and sensible, who
                                       can

               ( 21 )

can spend the dull pause of joy with her
agreeably, till call'd by nature to repeti-
tion; in which, as well as in conservation,
we are informed she is equally charming.

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Miss H--rd--y, No. 45, _Newman Street_.

   Her look serene does purest softness wear,
   Her face exclaims her fairest of the fair.

This lady borrows her name from her
late keeper, who is now gone to the In-
dia's, and left her to seek support on the
wide common of independence; she is
now just arrived at the zenith of perfec-
tion, devoid of art and manners, as yet
untutor'd by fashion, her charms have for
their zest every addition youth and sim-
plicity can add. She has beauty with-
out pride, elegance without affectation,
and innocence without dissimulation;
and not knowing how long this train of
perfections will last, we would advise
our reader to make hay whilst the sun
shines.


                                 Miss


               [ 22 ]

Miss Br--wn, No. 8, _Castle-Street,
         Newman-Street_.

   Her every glance, like Jove's vindictive flame,
   Shoot thro' the veins, and kindle all the frame.

A peculiar elegance in make and taste
in dressing distinguishes this daughter of
love; her shape is remarkably genteel,
and her figure good; she sings a good
song and is a chearful _bon_ companion;
her complexion is fair, her eyes, though
grey, exceedingly melting, and seem to
speak the disposition of the parts below
very forcibly, and if you would wish to
find a good bed-fellow, tho' not blest
with every other perfection, this lady
will perhaps suit her price, which is two
pounds two.

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Mrs. T--rb--t, No 25, _Titchfield-Street_.

  The glow of youth, the fire of wanton love,
  Sport in her eye, and rouse the sensual heart
  To strong desires unmanageable pitch.

So universally known, and so great a
fav'rite with the bucks is this lady, that
her desription is almost needless; her
eyes And hair are of the most inviting
                             darkness,

               [ 23 ]

darkness, her temper and disposition
good, and her mind replete with the
choicest gifts of _Minerva_; her figure is
elegant, she is very tall, sings and dances
to perfection, and has only been in a
_public_ way of life twelve months; for a
single skirmish she does not refuse the
King's smallest picture, but for a whole
night's siege expects three of the largest.

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Miss R--ch--rds--n, No. 2 _Bennett-
       Street, Rathbone-Place_.

  If women were as little as they are good,
  A peas cod would make them a gown and a
      hood.

A pretty, little, lively, fair complex-
ioned girl, with a dainty leg and foot,
and as pretty a pair of pouting bubbies
as ever went against a man's stomach,
and one who well deserves the attention
that is paid her by every man capable of
knowing her value. She is pleasing,
though fond, and can make wantonness
delightful; every part assists to bring on
the momomentary delirium, and then each
part combines to raise up the fallen mem-
ber, to contribute again to repeated
rapture; her price is commonly two gui-
                                  neas,

               [ 24 ]

but if a man is clever, she is very
ready to make some abatement.

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Miss L--c--s, No. 1 _York-Street,
       Queen-Ann-Street East_.
  -----------Lilting o'er the lea,
  Ye're welcomer to take me, than to let me be.

She is tall and fair, of a striking figure,
and amiable in conversation, perfectly
complying with the desires of her ena-
morato's: she is said, like the river
Nile, frequently to overflow, but some-
how or another her inundations differ
from those of that river, as they do not
produce foecundity, some skilful gar-
deners are of opinion that she drowns
the _seed_, which is the reason that it does
not take root. This, is a disagreeable
circumstance to those who may wish not
to till in vain; but to others who would
prefer the pleasure without the expensive
consequences, she is the more desirable,
as they are sure that all who bathe in her
_Castalian spring_, will be overwhelmed
with a flood of delight.


                                   Mrs.

               ( 25 )

Mrs. Cr--sby, No, 24, _George Street,
over Black Fryars Bridge_.

Fast lock'd in her arms,
And enjoying her charms,
Every frown of old care I'll defy;
Give desire such a loose,
That the all potent _Juice_,
Shall pervade ev'ry sense, and swim in each
Eye.

Birmingham lays claim to the birth of
this daughter of love, and, under the
care and protection of an indulgent
father and mother, she reached her
fifteenth year " pure and unsullied;"
at this period nature began to be very
bay with Nancy, and a strong propen-
sity for seeing _Life_, compelled her to
leave her parents and enter into servitude,
and being particularly attached to the
sons of Neptune, she chose for her
master a sea captain, whose name she
still prefers to any other. A twelve
month had not elapsed in the captain's
service before our charmer's feelings had
reached their highest pitch, and the
captain, blest with a keen appetite, after
a six months voyage, with little persua-
sion, opened her _port hole_, cleared her
_gangway_, and threw her virtue _overboard_.
                                          He

               ( 26 )

He grew strongly attached to her, and,
being a man rather advanced in years,
became contented and happy, nor
wished for any other but his dear Nancy.
She was his own, and he was all she at
that time wished or desired for; one or
two little prattlers were pledges of their
mutual regard, and till the day of the
captain's death they lived " the happy
pair." It is near two years since she
lost her friend, by whose death she
receives a little annuity, that will ever
keep her from the necessity of parading
the streets _merely_ for support, and you
are certain to meet with her at home at
almost any hour of the day; in the
evening the generally visits one of the
Theatres, and always sits in the side
boxes, in which place she contrives to
chuse her spark, and if possible to take
him home with her (for she never sleeps
out,) where he will meet with snug com-
fortable apartments, civility, good hu-
mour, and a very engaging partner,
whilst she continues good humoured; if
he uses any language or behaviour to
ruffle her temper, she can act the Virago
as well as most of her sex. She is rather
below mediocrity in size, with dark hair,
flowing in ringlets down her back,
                       languishing

               ( 27 )

languishing grey eyes, and a very toler-
able complexion, and a pair of pretty
little firm _bubbies_.	Her leg and foot is
particularly graceful, always ornamented
with a white silk stocking, and a neat
shoe; she is a loving bed-fellow, and
sincerely _attaches_ herself to the enjoyment,
feels the thrilling sensation with poig-
nancy, and for one guinea will _enjoy_ you
as many times as you please.

N. B. She keeps the house, and you
must not mention to her a syllable con-
cerning her pretty lodger _above_, if you
wish to be calm _below_.

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Miss Harriet J--n--s, _St. George's
Hotel, opposite Virginia Street, Wapping_.

   For lips to lips, and Tongue to Tongue,
   Will make a man of sixty young.

Yes, 'tis Harriet, the	fair, still
blooming Harriet, whose eyes are
molded for the tender union of souls (let
them but borrow a little fire from
Bacchus) "by Heaven's, shoot Suns"
whose nectar-distilling lips pour sweetest
balm; whilst the soft silent lingual inter-
course shoots powerfully through all the
                                  frame,

               ( 28 )

frame, and awakes each dormant sense.
When naked she is certainly Thomson's
Lavinia.

             For loveliness,
   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
   But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.

A beautiful black fringe borders the
_Venetian Mount_, and whether she pursues
the _Grahamatic_ method from a practical
knowledge of its increase of pleasure,
from motives of cleanliness, or as a cer-
tain preventative we will not pretend to
say; but we well know it makes her the
more desirable bed-fellow, and after
every _stroke_ gives fresh _tone and vigour_ to
the lately _distended parts_; her legs and
feet claim her peculiar attention, nor do
their _coverings_ ever disgrace their owner,
nor their actions under _cover_ ever do
injustice to that dear delightful spot they
are doomed to support, protect, and pay
just obedience to; _the eager twine_, the
almost unbearable press at the _dye away
moment_, with all _love's_ lesser _Artillery_, she
plays off with uncommon activity and
ardor, and drinks _repetition_ with thirst
insatiable. Half a guinea, and a new
pink ribband to encircle her bewitching
brows, is the least she expects for a night's
                               entertainment.

               ( 29 )

entertainment. There are three or four
more ladies of _our_ order in the house, if
this lady should not exactly suit.

   But being blest with beauty's potent spell,
   Must from her other sisters bear the bell.

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Miss W--lk--ns--n, No. 10, _Bull-and-
Mouth Street_.

   Forbidding me to follow she invites me,
   This is the mould of which I made the sex,
   I gave them but one tongue to say us nay,
   And two kind eyes to grant.

Here we present our readers with as
pretty a man's woman as ever the
bountiful hand of nature formed; a
pair of black eyes that dart resistless fire,
that speak a language frozen hearts
might thaw, and stand as the sweet index
to the soul; a pair of sweet pouting
lips that demand the burning kiss, and
never receives it without paying with
interest; a complexion that would charm
the eye of an anchorite; a skin smooth'
as monument alabaster, and white as
Alpian snow; and hair that so beauti-
fully contrasts the skin, that nought
but nature can equal. Descend a little
lower and behold the semi-snow-balls.
                              "Studded

               ( 30 )

  "Studded with role buds, and streaked
   with celestial blue,"

that want not the support of stays;
whose truly elastic state never suffers the
pressure, however severe, to remain, but
boldly recovers its tempting smoothness.
Next take a view of nature centrally;
no _folding lapel_, no _gaping orifice_, no
_horrid gulph_ is here, but the _loving lips_
tenderly kiss each other, and shelter
from the cold a small but easily stretched
passage, whose _depth_ none but the _blind
boy_ has liberty to _fathom_; between the
_tempting lips_ the _coral headed tip_ stands
centinal, sheltered by a _raven coloured-
bush_, and for one half guinea conduct
the _well erected friend_ safe into _port_.
She is a native of Oxfordshire, and has
been a visitor on the town about one
year, is generally to be met with at home
at every hour excepting ten at night, at
which time she visits a favourite gentle-
man of the Temple.


                                     Miss

               ( 31 )

Mis N--ble, No. 10, _Plough Court,
           Fetter Lane_.

           She darted a sweet kiss,
   The wanton prelude to a farther bliss;
   Such as might kindle frozen appetite,
   And fire e'en wasted nature with delight.

She is really a fine girl, with a lovely
fair complexion, a most engaging be-
haviour and affable disposition. She
has a most consummate skill in reviving
the dead; for as she loves nothing but
active life, she is happy when she can
restore it: and her tongue has a double
charm, both when speaking and when
silent; for the tip of it, _properly applied_,
can talk eloquently to the heart, whilst
no sound pervades the ear and send such
feelings to the central spot, that imme-
diately demands the more noble weapon
to _close_ the _melting scene_.

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Miss Sophia M--rt--n, No. 11, _Ste-
     _phen Street, Rathbone Place_.

   Oh! the transporting joy!

  Impetuous flood of long-expected rap-
ture, she is a charming black beauty;
her vivid eyes, speak the liveliness of her
                               disposition,

               ( 32 )

disposition, and the joy she conceives