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Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh choose

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[Scot] ‘Miss Peggy Murray’ Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She is also very coy, full of vivacity; and when she approaches the altar of love, she does it with all the modesty and sanctity of a vestal virgin.
at altar of hymen, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Sutherland’ Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She is a firm votary to the wanton Goddess, and would willingly play morning, noon, and night, at the delicious game of push-pin.
at play at push-pin (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[Scot] ‘Mrs. alias Lady, Agnew’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: This drunken bundle of iniquity, is about 50 years of age, lusty and tall.
at bundle, n.1
[Scot] ‘Miss Peggy Alexander’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: And when she’s in action, she heaves her little Cupid’s kettle-drums with great agility.
at Cupid’s kettledrums (n.) under Cupid, n.
[Scot] Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh Preface: Mrs Japp [...] has for these many years kept the most celebrated Temple for performing the sacred rites of the Cyprian Deity.
at Cyprian, adj.
[Scot] Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh Preface: But these are private instances of the advantages reflected upon a community by the fair followers of the Cyprian Queen.
at Cyprian, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Inglis’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She is remarkably fond of performing on the silent flute, and can manage the stops extraordinary well.
at flute, n.1
[Scot] Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh Preface: Ye amiable Nymphs, whom [...] footle the soul with the circean cup of pleasure.
at footle, v.
[Scot] ‘Miss Moffat’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She does her business extremely well, as she still likes to mumble a piece of gristle.
at gristle, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Larg’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: Whenever she is offering insence at the Shrine of Venus, her whole frame is in agitation with pleasure.
at Venus’s highway, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Walker’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: This Lady keeps a very genteel house.
at house, n.1
[Scot] ‘Miss Inglis’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She twists round you like an eel, and would not loose a drop of the precious juice of nature, not for a kingdom.
at juice, n.1
[Scot] ‘Miss Fraser’ Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: This is as pretty a little filly as ever man clapped leg over.
at throw a/one’s leg over (v.) under leg, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Jenny Kilpatrick’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She was at first frightened of the dart; but as she is now thoroughly aquainted with it, she will hug and kiss it, and put it nearest her heart, even in the very centre of nature.
at nature, n.
[Scot] ‘Mrs Japp’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: This lady has enticed more young Nymphs to appear at the Shrine of Venus, than any priestess ever did in this City.
at nymph, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Blair’ Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: And when the sport is over, she will soon make nature revive, by a peculiar art that she is entire mistress of.
at sport, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Adams’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: This Lady keeps also a genteel Temple, and is extremely well calculated for her business.
at temple, n.
[Scot] ‘Mrs alias Lady, Agnew’ Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: This drunken bundle of iniquity, is about 50 years of age, lusty and tall, and she has followed the old trade since she was about 13.
at trade, n.
[Scot] ‘Miss Gilmor’ in Ranger’s Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh n.p.: She [...] has courage enough (although little) not to be afraid of the largest and strongest man that ever drew weapon in the cause of love.
at weapon, n.1
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