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Page 28
... pleasure there is in self - sacrifice that people are willing to sacri- fice themselves for the most ignoble objects . # It is a great pleasure to confer favours upon another ; and it is a pleasure which is increased by the praise of ...
... pleasure there is in self - sacrifice that people are willing to sacri- fice themselves for the most ignoble objects . # It is a great pleasure to confer favours upon another ; and it is a pleasure which is increased by the praise of ...
Page 29
... pleasure do the same ? Ideal pleasure , that is pleasure imagined , cannot be so vivid as pleasure experienced . A However harmless a thing is , if the law forbids it most peo- ple will think it wrong . A We hear much of the nobility of ...
... pleasure do the same ? Ideal pleasure , that is pleasure imagined , cannot be so vivid as pleasure experienced . A However harmless a thing is , if the law forbids it most peo- ple will think it wrong . A We hear much of the nobility of ...
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... pleasure . # Desire is pleasurable in its early stages , but , becoming in- tense , is painful . Then the result of ... pleasure but a pain , and then men will kill the woman they love so as to rid themselves of the desire . # Hunger is ...
... pleasure . # Desire is pleasurable in its early stages , but , becoming in- tense , is painful . Then the result of ... pleasure but a pain , and then men will kill the woman they love so as to rid themselves of the desire . # Hunger is ...
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