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AGAIN , for the pleasure and delight of knowledge and learn- ing , it far surpasseth all other in nature . For , shall the pleasures of the affections so exceed the pleasure of the sense , as much as the obtaining of desire or victory ...
AGAIN , for the pleasure and delight of knowledge and learn- ing , it far surpasseth all other in nature . For , shall the pleasures of the affections so exceed the pleasure of the sense , as much as the obtaining of desire or victory ...
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or a dinner ? and must not of consequence the pleasures of the intellect or understanding exceed the pleasures of the ... be but deceits of pleasure , and not pleasures ; and that it was the novelty which pleased , and not the quality .
or a dinner ? and must not of consequence the pleasures of the intellect or understanding exceed the pleasures of the ... be but deceits of pleasure , and not pleasures ; and that it was the novelty which pleased , and not the quality .
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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 .
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 .
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4 Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Elizabeth Lee |
| Editor | Elizabeth Lee |
| Published | 1913 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2008 |
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