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as Lady Susan. – She is delicately fair, with fine grey eyes & dark eyelashes; & from her appearance one would not suppose her more than five & twenty,tho' she must in fact be ten years older. — I was cer::tainly not disposed to admire her, tho' always hearing she was beautiful; but I cannot help feeling thatshe poſseſses an uncommon union of Symmetry, Brilliancy & Grace. — Her addreſs to me was so gentle, frank & even affectionate, that if I had not known how much she has always disliked mefor marrying Mr . Vernon, & that we had never met before, I should have imagined her an at::tached friend. — One is apt I beleive to connectaſsurance of manner with coquetry, & to expectthat an impudent addreſs will necessarily attendan impudent mind; — at least I was myself pre::pared for an improper degree of confidence in LadySusan; but her Countenance is absolutely sweet, &

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