I believe in the whole, there were two hundred women, and yet none of those disdainful smiles, or satiric whispers, that never fail in our assemblies when any body appears that is not dressed exactly in the fashion.

They repeated over and over to me, "Uzelle, pek uzelle," which is nothing but Charming, very charming .-- The first sofas were covered with cushions and rich carpets, on which sat the ladies; and on the second, their slaves behind them, but without any distinction of rank by their dress, all being in the state of nature, that is, in plain English, stark naked, without any beauty or defect concealed.

Yet there was not the least wanton smile or immodest gesture amongst them.

They walked and moved with the same majestic grace which Milton describes of our general mother.

There were many amongst them as exactly proportioned as ever any goddess was drawn by the pencil of Guido or Titian,--and most of their skins shiningly white, only adorned by their beautiful hair divided into many tresses, hanging on their shoulders, braided either with pearl or ribbon, perfectly representing the figures of the Graces.
"I was here convinced of the truth of a reflection I had often made, that if it was the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed.