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Otherwise it was a state of ease , innocence , and contentment ; where plenty begot pleasure , and pleasure begot singing , and singing begot poetry , and poetry begot pleasure again . An author , therefore , that would write pastorals ...
Otherwise it was a state of ease , innocence , and contentment ; where plenty begot pleasure , and pleasure begot singing , and singing begot poetry , and poetry begot pleasure again . An author , therefore , that would write pastorals ...
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... But these disguise too little , those too much :( ) So shall the man of power and pleasure see In his own slave as ... In his luxurious lord the servant find His own low pleasures and degenerate mind : ( 1 ) [ “ It is good for the ...
... But these disguise too little , those too much :( ) So shall the man of power and pleasure see In his own slave as ... In his luxurious lord the servant find His own low pleasures and degenerate mind : ( 1 ) [ “ It is good for the ...
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( 2 ) [ “ It has been objected to the pastoral muse , that her principal employment is to delineate scenes that never existed , and to cheat the imagination by descriptions of pleasure that never can be enjoyed .
( 2 ) [ “ It has been objected to the pastoral muse , that her principal employment is to delineate scenes that never existed , and to cheat the imagination by descriptions of pleasure that never can be enjoyed .
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| Title | The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 2 The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, George Crabbe |
| Author | George Crabbe |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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