tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1195502086183918565..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Men Behaving Badly: Boswell gets the clapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24849654420307580882009-12-07T10:45:37.824-05:002009-12-07T10:45:37.824-05:00Monica, high ick factor, I agree. I'm thinkin...Monica, high ick factor, I agree. I'm thinking about posting his account of treatment--which, while horrible, didn't work. Christine, it's so easy to picture, isn't it? And there he is, all wounded because she "betrayed" him, when he ALREADY had the clap (but having undergone the horrendous treatment, thought himself cured). Vanessa, that 18th C elegance--ah, Boswell: so easy to loathe, yet he could write, and offers such a clear window to his world.Loretta Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170060214285828433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84123233786998474322009-12-07T09:42:27.683-05:002009-12-07T09:42:27.683-05:00Oh, this is just too good to be believed. I love ...Oh, this is just too good to be believed. I love the bit about Venus plaguing her votaries. Surely, the most elegant description of the clap ever written!Vanessa Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571549124283013391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36763488222535915312009-12-06T14:23:00.227-05:002009-12-06T14:23:00.227-05:00What an absolutely hysterical exchange between the...What an absolutely hysterical exchange between the two of them. It's so......polite. Imagine this conversation occurring today.<br /><br />I love how he prides himself on how "manly" and "composed" and "dignified" he was, then calls her a "a most consummate dissembling whore." LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77808108886964270832009-12-06T10:43:43.904-05:002009-12-06T10:43:43.904-05:00You know, if you go read the wiki article on this ...You know, if you go read the wiki article on this disease, it's pretty much enough to turn your stomach and made you not want to ever have sex again!!!!!!<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea<br /><br />Oy!Monica Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801472688555176112noreply@blogger.com