"Maria, tho' not tall, was nevertheless of the first order of fine forms--affliction had touch'd her looks with something that was scarce earthly--still she was feminine--and so much was there about her of all that the heart wishes, or the eye looks for in woman, that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain, and those of Eliza's out of mine, she should 'not only eat of my bread and drink of my own cup', but Maria should lay in my bosom, and be unto me as a daughter."
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
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Text from <u>A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick.</u>, 2 vols. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1768). 