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ASSELAS rose next day, and resolved to begin his experiments upon life. "Youth, cried he, is the time of gladness: I will join myself to the young men, whose only business is to gratify their desires, and whose time is all spent in a succession of enjoyments.

To such societies he was readily admitted, but a few days brought him back weary and disgusted. Their mirth was without images, their laughter Rh