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Pagina 177
... pleasure , to be sure ; but I do not say a diminution of happiness . There is more happiness in being rational . " BOSWELL . " But if we could have pleasure always , should not we be happy ? The greatest part of men would compound for ...
... pleasure , to be sure ; but I do not say a diminution of happiness . There is more happiness in being rational . " BOSWELL . " But if we could have pleasure always , should not we be happy ? The greatest part of men would compound for ...
Pagina 275
... pleasure ! " - " Is not harmless pleasure very tame ? " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , harmless pleasure is the highest praise . Pleasure is a word of dubious import ; pleasure is in general dangerous , and pernicious to virtue ; to be able ...
... pleasure ! " - " Is not harmless pleasure very tame ? " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , harmless pleasure is the highest praise . Pleasure is a word of dubious import ; pleasure is in general dangerous , and pernicious to virtue ; to be able ...
Pagina 468
... pleasure in it . Language is scanty , and inadequate to express the nice gradations and mixtures of our feelings . No man reads a book of science from pure inclination . The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions ...
... pleasure in it . Language is scanty , and inadequate to express the nice gradations and mixtures of our feelings . No man reads a book of science from pure inclination . The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions ...
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