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WR.731.004
25 Oct 1731:11 (5)
[In editorial on the pleasures of life]. . . If the
pleasures of the field are different from the court, let us
endeavour to bring our minds to them. We have here neither
music, nor balls, nor plays: neither have we disgraces or
servitude to fear or suffer.
. . . We may with a great deal of innocence admire the pomp
of a fine city; we may taste the delights of perfume, the
charms of music; we may gaze with pleasure upon the delicacy
of painting, without violating the laws of temperance.
. . . Do we ever want the music of birds in our groves:
And if 'tis real that we have been taught by the
nightingales, what an advantage, to have these little
masters, who are at our service without creating us any
expence?
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