Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, 1. köideDavid P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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Page 203
... pleasures to the sense ; Here health itself does live , That salt of life , which does to all a relish give , Its standing pleasure , and intrinsic wealth , The body's virtue , and the soul's good - fortune , health . The tree of life ...
... pleasures to the sense ; Here health itself does live , That salt of life , which does to all a relish give , Its standing pleasure , and intrinsic wealth , The body's virtue , and the soul's good - fortune , health . The tree of life ...
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... pleasure not conspir'd ; Fabricius the philosopher desir'd , That he to Pyrrhus would that maxim teach , And to the Samnites the same doctrine preach ; Then of their conquest he should doubt no more , Whom their own pleasures overcame ...
... pleasure not conspir'd ; Fabricius the philosopher desir'd , That he to Pyrrhus would that maxim teach , And to the Samnites the same doctrine preach ; Then of their conquest he should doubt no more , Whom their own pleasures overcame ...
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... pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and , when expectation is disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of the present ...
... pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and , when expectation is disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of the present ...
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