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ApMORAN AND HAMSt.
the variety of beauty that surrounded him , the
paihon , which , to be luxurious , mud be delicate
and refined , was degraded to a mere inssincf, and
exhauded in endless diRipation; the caress ,ras not
endeared by a conscioudtess of reciprocal delight,
and was immediately iucceeded by indiderence or
disgusf. By the dainties that perpetually urged
him to intemperance , that appetite , which alone
could make even dainties tadeful, was dedroyed.
The splendor of his palace and the beauty os his
gardens , became at length lo familiar to his eye„
that they were frequently before him , without
being seen. Even Rattery and music losf their
power , by too frequent a repetition: and the bro-
ken Rumbers of the night , and the languor of the
morning , were more than equivalent to the tran-
Rent hilarity that was inspired bv wine. Thus pad
sed the time of Almoran , divided between pain-
ful labours which he did not dare to shun , and
the iearch of pleasure which he could never find.
Hamet, on the contrary, did not seek pleasure, but
pleasure seemed to seek him : he had a perpetual com-
placence and serenity of mind, which rendered him
coniiantly susceptible of pleating impreRions; every
thing that was prepared to refiesh or entertain him
in his seasons of retirement and relaxation , added
idmething to the delight wich was continually
Springing in his bread, when he reviewed the pad,
or looked forward to the future. Thus, the plea-
sures ofsensewere heightened by those of the mind,
and the pleadires of the mind by those of sense:
he had , indeed , as vet no wife ; for as yet no
woman had fixed his attention , or determined his
choice.
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