Путешествие Гулливера

           Theywouldoftenstripmenakedfromtoptotoe,andlaymeatfulllengthintheirbosoms;wherewithIwasmuchdisgustedbecause,tosaythetruth,averyoffensivesmellcamefromtheirskins;whichIdonotmention,orintend,tothedisadvantageofthoseexcellentladies,forwhomIhaveallmannerofrespect;butIconceivethatmysensewasmoreacuteinproportiontomylittleness,andthatthoseillustriouspersonswerenomoredisagreeabletotheirlovers,ortoeachother,thanpeopleofthesamequalityarewithusinEngland.And,afterall,Ifoundtheirnaturalsmellwasmuchmoresupportable,thanwhentheyusedperfumes,underwhichIimmediatelyswoonedaway.Icannotforget,thatanintimatefriendofmineinLilliput,tookthefreedominawarmday,whenIhadusedagooddealofexercise,tocomplainofastrongsmellaboutme,althoughIamaslittlefaultythatway,asmostofmysex:butIsupposehisfacultyofsmellingwasasnicewithregardtome,asminewastothatofthispeople.Uponthispoint,Icannotforbeardoingjusticetothequeenmymistress,andGlumdalclitchmynurse,whosepersonswereassweetasthoseofanyladyinEngland.

           Thatwhichgavememostuneasinessamongthesemaidsofhonour(whenmynursecarriedmetovisitthen)was,toseethemusemewithoutanymannerofceremony,likeacreaturewhohadnosortofconsequence:fortheywouldstripthemselvestotheskin,andputontheirsmocksinmypresence,whileIwasplacedontheirtoilet,directlybeforetheirnakedbodies,whichIamsuretomewasveryfarfrombeingatemptingsight,orfromgivingmeanyotheremotionsthanthoseofhorroranddisgust:theirskinsappearedsocoarseanduneven,sovariouslycoloured,whenIsawthemnear,withamolehereandthereasbroadasatrencher,andhairshangingfromitthickerthanpackthreads,tosaynothingfartherconcerningtherestoftheirpersons.Neitherdidtheyatallscruple,whileIwasby,todischargewhattheyhaddrank,tothequantityofatleasttwohogsheads,inavesselthatheldabovethreetuns.