The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… of Rhodope: Too cold to feel, too proud to feign, For him you're wise and fair in vain; In vain to charm him you intend, Self is his object, aim, and end. Chill shade of that affected Peer, Who dreaded Mirth, come safely here! For here no … Ton's illimitable sea. We pass the pleasures vast and various. Of Routs, not social, but gregarious; Where high heroic self-denial Sustains her self-inflicted trial. Day lab'rors! what an easy life, To feed ten children and a wife! No--I my juster pity spare To the …
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