There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman …

Joseph Addison
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There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. ✨ Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1861). History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq: From the Tatler, p.174
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There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. ✨ Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1861). History, Opinions, and Lucubrations, of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq: From the Tatler, p.174

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