On the Lycée (1792) [ Practices ]
… and decorated with flowers, and where the gay and social Parisians cultivate science and the belles letters, amidst the pleasures and attractions of society; while in England, where the art of being happy is certainly far less understood … fine music; and sometimes the Abbé de Lille, the first French poet, recites his harmonious verses. Upon the whole, the pleasures of the Lycée are perfectly congenial to my taste; and it is to me by far the most agreeable of all the various …
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