⸺Pray, brother, quoth my uncle Toby , what has a man who believes in God to do with this? My father could not stop to answer, for fear of breaking the thread of his discourse⸺
This latter, continued he, partakes wholly of the nature of Venus .
The first, which is the golden chain let down from heaven, excites to love heroic, which comprehends in it, and excites to the desire of philosophy and truth⸺the second, excites to desire , simply⸺
⸺I think the procreation of children as beneficial to the world, said Yorick , as the finding out of the longitude⸺
⸺To be sure, said my mother, love keeps peace in the world⸺
⸺In the house —my dear, I own—
⸺It replenishes the earth; said my mother⸺
But it keeps heaven empty—my dear; replied my father.
⸺’Tis Virginity, cried Slop , triumphantly, which fills paradise.
Well push’d, nun! quoth my father.