Amusements Serious and Comical (1730) [ Places / Practices ]
… The Ladies that have an Inclination to be Private, take Delight in the Close Walks of Spring−Gardens , where both Sexes meet, and mutually serve one another as Guides to lose their Way, and the Windings and Turnings in the little … of them after Nature? Yes, without Question, answer'd I, but I know some Women that are Superior to the rest of their Sex, and perhaps to Men also. In relation to those, I need not say much to distinguish them from the rest, for they'll … … "The Ladies that have an Inclination to be Private, take Delight in the Close Walks of Spring−Gardens , where both Sexes meet, and mutually serve one another as Guides to lose their Way." … Taken from Thomas Brown, The Works of Mr. …
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