The best word, in the best language of the best world, must have suffered under such combinations. ------The curate of _d'Estella_ wrote a book against them, setting forth the dangers of accessory ideas, and warning the _Navarois_ against them.
Does not all the world know, said the curate _d'Estella_ at the conclusion of his work, that Noses ran the same fate some centuries ago in most parts of _Europe_, which Whiskers have now done in the kingdom of _Navarre?_ --The evil indeed spread no farther then--but have not beds and bolsters, and nightcaps and chamber-pots stood upon the brink of destruction ever since? Are not trouse, and placket-holes, and pump-handles--and spigots and faucets, in danger still from the same association? ----Chastity, by nature, the gentlest of all affections--give it but its head----'tis like a ramping and a roaring lion.
The drift of the curate _d'Estella's_ argument was not understood. --They ran the scent the wrong way. --The world bridled his ass at the tail. --And when the _extremes_ of DELICACY, and the _beginnings_ of CONCUPISCENCE, hold their next provincial chapter together, they may decree that bawdy also.
The best word in the world must have suffered under such conditions. The curate of d'Estella wrote a book on this, setting forth the dangers of accessory ideas.
'Does not all the world know,' said the curate, 'that Noses suffered the same fate centuries ago, which Whiskers have now done? Have not beds, bolsters, nightcaps and chamber-pots stood upon the brink of destruction ever since? Are not trousers and placket-holes and pump-handles in danger still from the same association? Chastity is the gentlest of all affections - but if you give it its head, 'tis like a ramping lion.'
The drift of the curate's argument was not understood. The world went the wrong way, and bridled his ass at the tail.
And when Delicacy and Lust next meet together, they may decree that bawdy also.