a Juggler doth a Petticoat, and bringest whatsoever
pleaseth thee out from it. If there be any one who doubts all this, let him read
the next Chapter.
 

                                  Chapter VIII

  In which, after some very fine Writing, the History goes on, and relates the
  Interview between the Lady and Joseph; where the latter hath set an Example,
      which we despair of seeing followed by his Sex, in this vicious Age.
 
Now the Rake Hesperus had called for his Breeches, and having well rubbed his
drowsy Eyes, prepared to dress himself for all Night; by whose Example his
Brother Rakes on Earth likewise leave those Beds, in which they had slept away
the Day. Now Thetis the good Housewife began to put on the Pot in order to
regale the good Man Phoebus, after his daily Labours were over. In vulgar
Language, it was in the Evening when Joseph attended his Lady's Orders.
    But as it becomes us to preserve the Character of this Lady, who is the
Heroine of our Tale; and as we have naturally a wonderful Tenderness for that
beautiful Part of the human Species, called the Fair Sex; before we discover too
much of her Frailty to our Reader, it will be proper to give him a lively Idea
of that vast Temptation, which overcame all the Efforts of a modest and virtuous
Mind; and then we humbly hope his Good-nature will rather pity than condemn the
Imperfection of human Virtue.
    Nay, the Ladies themselves will, we hope, be induced, by considering the
uncommon Variety of Charms, which united in this young Man's Person, to bridle
their rampant Passion for Chastity, and be at least, as mild as their violent
Modesty and Virtue will permit them, in censuring the Conduct of a Woman, who,
perhaps, was in her own Disposition as chaste as those pure and sanctified
Virgins, who, after a Life innocently spent in the Gaieties of the Town, begin
about Fifty to attend twice per diem, at the polite Churches and Chapels, to
return Thanks for the Grace which preserved them formerly amongst Beaus from
Temptations, perhaps less powerful than what now attacked the Lady Booby.
    Mr. Joseph Andrews was now in the one and twentieth Year of his Age. He was
of the highest Degree of middle Stature. His Limbs were put together with great
Elegance and no less Strength. His Legs and Thighs were formed in the exactest
Proportion. His Shoulders were broad and brawny, but yet his Arms hung so
easily, that he had all the Symptoms of Strength without the least clumsiness.
His Hair was of a nut-brown