A court lady's curiosity; or, The virgin undress'd ... A Chinese novel: by a facetious Florentine, who accompanied the Tuscan missionaries into China, and lived five years at Pekin, the capital of the kingdom. Formerly translated from the Italian ... by a young English nobleman, and now adapted to the taste of the town by an officer of distinction in the army, etcJoseph Pearce, 1741 - 32 pages |
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abſent agreeable Amour Behold beſt Bleſſing Breast Cauſe Chamyam CHAP Child China Chinese Chriftianity confented Conſequence Converſation COURT LADY'S CURIOSITY Cuſtom Davila deſpairing Diſciple diſcovered Diſcovery diſplay eſpecially Eſteem exceſſive expreſſed fafe faid Fair fame Father Mif Favours feemed firſt fome foon fuch fuffer fuitable fure Glaſs Happineſs Heart herſelf highly pleaſed Hour Houſe Huſband inſtructed is't Italy Juſt Kiffing kiſſed Lady laſt leſs ligion loft Lord Lordſhip Love Lover Mandarine married above nine Maſter Miffionaries Miſſion Miſſionaries moſt moſt defired never Night obſerved Paffion Pekin perfuaded Perſon Pleaſure poſſible Poſture preſented prevailed Profeffion Purpoſe received Repaſt Repreſentation Reſerve ſaid ſay ſeemed ſeen ſent ſeveral ſhe ſhould ſhort ſmall ſome Soul ſpoke Spouſe ſpread ſtayed ſtill ſtrong ſuch ſupport ſuppoſed ſure ſurvey Taſte theſe thoſe thro took twas Univerſe Uſe utmoſt VIRGIN Undress'd Viſit whoſe Wife wiſhed Woman young