The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once gratified his appetite with calumny , makes , ever ...
... pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once gratified his appetite with calumny , makes , ever ...
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... pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest . Whence from such lands each pleasing science flies , That first excites desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when ...
... pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest . Whence from such lands each pleasing science flies , That first excites desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when ...
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... pleasure on another's breast . Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace ; Here beggar pride ...
... pleasure on another's breast . Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace ; Here beggar pride ...
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... pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son , the sire decay'd , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Forced from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the ...
... pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son , the sire decay'd , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Forced from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the ...
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... pleasure and repose , To seek a good each government bestows ? In every government , though terrors reign , Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain , How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can ...
... pleasure and repose , To seek a good each government bestows ? In every government , though terrors reign , Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain , How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can ...
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