Volume the First: Diplomatic Display Oxford Bodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.
" Certainly my dear Miſs Johnson & I'll1 you"" why. When a face has too red a look it does "" not appear to so much advantage as it would ""were it paler."
" Pray Ma'am proceed in your story."" Well, as I said before, I was invited by this "" Lady to spend some weeks with her in town.""Many Gentlemen thought her Handsome""but in my opinion, Her forehead was too""high, hisher2 eyes too small & she had too ""much colour."
" In that Madam as I said before your Lady"" ship must have been mistaken. Mrs"" Watkins could not have too much colour""since no one can have too much."
Footnotes
- 1.
- Word omitted; probably "tell." Back to context...
- 2.
- Altered from 'his.' Back to context...