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 not stop to answer, for fear of breaking the thread of his discourse

This latter, continued he, partakes wholly of the nature of Venus.

The first, which is the golden chain let down from heaven, excites to love heroic, which comprehends in it, and excites to the desire of philosophy and truththe second, excites to desire, simply

I think the procreation of children as beneficial to the world, said Yorick, as the finding out the longitude

To be sure, said my mother, love keeps peace in the world

In the house—my dear, I ownIt replenishes the earth; said my mother

But it keeps heaven empty—my dear; replied my father.