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Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. II. Canto III. L. 1.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society where none intrudes By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.— BYRON — Childe Harold, Canto IV. St. 178.

Who pleases one against his will. CONGREVE The Way of the World. Epilogue. Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.— COWPER — Progress of Error. L. 267.

That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind.— COWPER — History of John Gilpin. St. 8.

Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain— DRYDEN — Alexander's Feast. L. 58.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am lonely because I am miserable.— SAM'L JOHNSON — Rasselas. Ch. III.

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.— BEN JONSON — Pleasure Reconciled to

Virtue. Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.— KEATS — Fancy.

There is a pleasure which is born of pain. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)- The Wanderer. Bk. I. Prologue. Pt. I.