There is nothing so awkward, as courting a woman, an' please your honour, whilst she is making sausages ----So _Tom_ began a discourse upon them; first, gravely, ----"as how they were made----with what meats, herbs, and spices" --Then a little gayly, --as, "With what skins----and if they never burst ----Whether the largest were not the best?" 
'There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages - so Tom began a discourse upon them; first, gravely, "as to how they were made - with what meats, herbs, and spices;" then a little gaily, as, "With what skins - whether the largest were not the best?" 