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"Louisa, my love," Mrs. Manners began, / "I fear you are learning to stare, / To avoid looking bold, I must give you a plan, / Quite easy to practise with care.
"It is not a lady's or gentleman's eyes / You should look at, whenever address'd, / Whilst hearing them speak, or in making replies, / To look at the "mouth" is the best.