Cytherean

This view, that we see only a Cytherean cloud-canopy, has been confirmed by M. Landerer's observation of the non-polarised character of the light reflected by the crescent Venus; …

… he took every precaution that the venereal diſorder ſhould not be communicated to theſe happy, unoffending people; but it appears … that ſome ungenerous Frenchman was baſe enough to plant this dreadful malady, in a country where … it is more likely to ſpread than in any other part of the world, on account of the extreme attachment of the inhabitants to the Cytherean ſports.