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And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.

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The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of h...more

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Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifferenc...more

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No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal. We enjoy lingering in a becalmed state, a kind of midp...more

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Happy?" asked Aquilina, with dreadful look, and a smile full of pity and terror. "Ah, you do not know what it is to be condemned to a life of pleasure...more