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diftinction between the good and the bad , ordered the two youngest of the above
- mentioned families , Pleasure who was the daughter of Happiness , and Pain
who was the son of Misery , to meet one another upon this part of nature which ...
diftinction between the good and the bad , ordered the two youngest of the above
- mentioned families , Pleasure who was the daughter of Happiness , and Pain
who was the son of Misery , to meet one another upon this part of nature which ...
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Come along with me into this region of delights , this world of pleasure , and bid
farewel for ever to care , to pain , to business . HERCULES hearing the lady talk
after this manner , defired to know her name ; to which he answered , My friends ...
Come along with me into this region of delights , this world of pleasure , and bid
farewel for ever to care , to pain , to business . HERCULES hearing the lady talk
after this manner , defired to know her name ; to which he answered , My friends ...
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The Gods have fet a price upon every real and noble pleasure . If you would gain
the favour of the Deity , you must be at the pains of worshipping him ; if the
friendship of good men , you must Study to oblige them ; if you would be
honoured by ...
The Gods have fet a price upon every real and noble pleasure . If you would gain
the favour of the Deity , you must be at the pains of worshipping him ; if the
friendship of good men , you must Study to oblige them ; if you would be
honoured by ...
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Good , Pleasure , Ease , Content ! whate'er thy name ; That something still which
prompts the eternal figh , For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still so
near us , yet beyond us lies , O'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool , and wise .
Good , Pleasure , Ease , Content ! whate'er thy name ; That something still which
prompts the eternal figh , For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still so
near us , yet beyond us lies , O'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool , and wise .
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Bacchus ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus ' blessings
are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's pleasure . Rich the treasure , Sweet the
pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain . Sooth'd with the sound , the king grew ...
Bacchus ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus ' blessings
are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's pleasure . Rich the treasure , Sweet the
pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain . Sooth'd with the sound , the king grew ...
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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