Soldier: ...and to so remarkable a degree that, if I be not much mistaken, we shall find, that all mankind, both learned and ignorant, have always been of the same opinion with regard to this subject, and that a few intelligible definitions would immediately have put an end to the whole controversy.
Soldier: I own that this dispute has been so much canvassed on all hands, and has led philosophers into such a labyrinth of obscure sophistry, that it is no wonder, if a sensible reader indulge his ease so far as to...
Celia: For the love of Heaven, be quiet!
Avelia: There's no risk of contagion here, Basil?
Basil: Terrifying. I can only bet on my magical resistance.
