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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition. In the first instance, we cook the dish to our own appetite; in the latter, nature cooks it for us.
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition. In the first instance, we cook the dish to our own appetite; in the latter, nature cooks it for us.
Approximate author period: c. 1751 AD · early modern
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- Oliver Goldsmith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1751 AD · early modern
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 13 · printed citation: Goldsmith · subject: Anticipation
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