 I believe that this notion of our having a simple pain in the reality, yet a delight in the representation, arises from hence, that we do not sufficiently distinguish what we would by no means choose to do, from what we should be eager enough to see if...  Gregory VII: A Tragedy - Page xxby Richard H. Horne - 1840 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
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