Some celebrated Irish beauties of the last century . ITTY GUNNINLr. In the centre of the frame is a copy of the head ofElizabeth, after Hamilton. Underneath, the lines :— The sister Graces v?hen we view apart,Each thus resistless captivates the heart. To the right appears the copy of a head, after Cotes, of Miss Kitty Gunning. Underneath the lines :— But if the Graces we together see,Not knowing which to chuse, they set us free. This is a proof of how like the sisters were. Their fateswere, however, very different. As is often the case when the Mrs. Travis and the Other Two Daughters. 99 elder
Some celebrated Irish beauties of the last century . ITTY GUNNINLr. In the centre of the frame is a copy of the head ofElizabeth, after Hamilton. Underneath, the lines :— The sister Graces v?hen we view apart,Each thus resistless captivates the heart. To the right appears the copy of a head, after Cotes, of Miss Kitty Gunning. Underneath the lines :— But if the Graces we together see,Not knowing which to chuse, they set us free. This is a proof of how like the sisters were. Their fateswere, however, very different. As is often the case when the Mrs. Travis and the Other Two Daughters. 99 elder members of a family succeed beyond all Kitty considered she bad only to go in and she soared too high, or that there bad been enoughof the Gunnings. It is impossible to reckon on luck, it beingall the world over a most capricious mistress. The storygoes that Catherine was of a sweet and retiring disposition,and at the very outset of her career made a love match witha young Irish gentleman, Travis by name, and they
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