The Spectator, Volume 3George Atherton Aitken Routledge, 1975 |
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Page 22
... pleasure interrupted by envy . It is not to him of any consequence what this man is famed for , or for what the other is preferred . He knows there is in such a place an uninterrupted walk ; he can meet in such a company an agreeable ...
... pleasure interrupted by envy . It is not to him of any consequence what this man is famed for , or for what the other is preferred . He knows there is in such a place an uninterrupted walk ; he can meet in such a company an agreeable ...
Page 207
... pleasure , but it is such a pleasure as makes a man rest- less and uneasy under it ; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the soul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men ...
... pleasure , but it is such a pleasure as makes a man rest- less and uneasy under it ; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the soul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men ...
Page 256
... pleasure ? No , men rather seek for money as the complement of all their desires , and regardless of what kind of wives they take , they think riches will be a minister to all kind of pleasures , and enable them to keep mistresses ...
... pleasure ? No , men rather seek for money as the complement of all their desires , and regardless of what kind of wives they take , they think riches will be a minister to all kind of pleasures , and enable them to keep mistresses ...
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