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... wish contracting fits him to the soil : Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose , Breathes the keen air and ... wishes all confined : Yet let them only share the praises due ; If few their wants , their pleasures are but few : For ...
... wish contracting fits him to the soil : Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose , Breathes the keen air and ... wishes all confined : Yet let them only share the praises due ; If few their wants , their pleasures are but few : For ...
Page 58
... wish obtain , The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And , even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy The heart distrusting asks , if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the ...
... wish obtain , The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And , even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy The heart distrusting asks , if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the ...
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... wish that those , whose greatest sin is , perhaps , the venial one of writing bad verses , would regard their failure in this respect as we do , not as faults but foibles ; they may be good and useful members of society , without being ...
... wish that those , whose greatest sin is , perhaps , the venial one of writing bad verses , would regard their failure in this respect as we do , not as faults but foibles ; they may be good and useful members of society , without being ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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