Lepi

Anxious to obtain a reliable crew as quickly as possible, Frewen, on the following day, sent Randall Gheyne to Lepi to see if he could persuade the men who had deserted from the _Casilda_ to come and help man the

John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Louis Becke 1884

The quieter Lepi offered me her cheek, which I pretended to kiss.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

The Astrodi tried to counterbalance her ugliness by an outrageous freedom of manners; while the Lepi, who though a hunchback was very talented and an excellent actress, was sure of exciting desire by the rare beauty of her eyes and teeth, which latter challenged admiration from her enormous mouth by their regularity and whiteness.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

As I spoke I laid hands on the Lepi, on the spot where one usually finds what I called “this;” but the Astrodi, seeing that I found nothing, burst into a roar of laughter, and taking my hand put it just under her front hump, where at last I found what I wanted.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

At last the Astrodi told me that they were ready, and when I looked the Lepi took up all my attention.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

In the evening I went back to the inn, and I had not long to wait for the Astrodi and the Lepi (so the hunchbacked girl was named); but when I saw these two caricatures of women I felt stupefied.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

The Astrodi fell on her knees, blessed me, thanked me, called me her god; and the Lepi wept and laughed for joy at the same time; and thus for a quarter of an hour I was treated to a scene of an extraordinary kind.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

“No, no,” said the Lepi, “the gentleman would be too big for me.”

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

The Astrodi tried to counterbalance her ugliness by an outrageous freedom of manners; while the Lepi, who though a hunchback was very talented and an excellent actress, was sure of exciting desire by the rare beauty of her eyes and teeth, which latter challenged admiration from her enormous mouth by their regularity and whiteness.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 16: Depart Switzerland Giacomo Casanova 1761

Astrodi fell on her knees, blessed me, thanked me, called me her god; and the Lepi wept and laughed for joy at the same time; and thus for a quarter of an hour I was treated to a scene of an extraordinary kind.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 16: Depart Switzerland Giacomo Casanova 1761