2. CHAP. II.
TRAVELLING along, the Captain
could not but observe to Teague, the
injudicious choice he was about to make,
even had the woman not been a necromancer.
For the man who surrenders
himself to the arms of a superannuated female,
for the sake of fortune, acts a part
not less unworthy and disgraceful, than the
prostitute who does the same for half a
crown. While a man has the use of his
limbs and arms, he ought to be above such
mercenary motives; and true happiness
can be found only in congruity, and what
is natural. Teague seemed still to have
some hankering after the supper of ducks,
and the feather bed; but as they proceeded,
the recollection became more faint,
for distance and time, is the cure of all
passions.
