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NYGWPB.761.031
12 Mar 1761:12,13 (949)
To the authors of the British Magazine.
'Tis justly observed by Milton, that it is the bent of human
nature to admit delight; and pleasure, rightly understood,
must be allowed to be that summum bonum concerning which the
ancients lost themselves in vain disputes. . . [author
imagines himself transported] As soon as there was a
sufficient number on board we set off, and were wafted by a
propitious gale to the island of pleasure, soft musick
playing to entertain us during the passage. . . [10 lines,
met by young people] After we had joined in their
merriment, and some time had been passed in the sprightly
dance and in songs, by listening to which the soul was
ravished with delight, a nymph, whose form could not be
surpassed by that of Venus, addressed the company to this
effect: . . .
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