In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.

God did not primarily intend to appoint this way of Worſhip, and to impoſe it upon them as that which was moſt proper and agreeable to him ; but that he condeſcended to it, as moſt accommodate to their preſent ſtate and inclination.

I came away with two fleas in each ear, Mark recalled cheerfully, ten years later.

Never did thy Beautie[…]so enflame my sense With ardor to enjoy thee.