… 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.
The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.
You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.
Tom and Nell and Hugh:
Cherry bob! cherry bob!
There's a bob for you.
Tom bobs a cherry
For gaping snapping Hugh,
While curly-pated Nelly
Snaps at it too.
