The Spectator, No. 11 (13 March 1711) [ Practices ]
… It happened, in the Course of the Voyage, that the Achilles, in some Distress, put into a Creek on the Main of America, in search of Provisions. The Youth, who is the Hero of my Story, among others, went ashore on this Occasion. … agreeable to each other. If the European was highly charmed with the Limbs, Features, and wild Graces of the Naked American; the American was no less taken with the Dress, Complexion, and Shape of an European, covered from Head to Foot. … represent us Women as Unbecoming as you please in your Works, while we are unable to return the Injury." … Periodicals … North America … Text taken from Spectator , No. 11 (Tuesday, March 13, 1711) by Richard Steele. Full text of The …
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