The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.

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Title
The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
Author
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Publication
London :: Printed for J. Martin and J. Allestrye ...,
1655.
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Pages

The Nature of Man.

MAN is more apt to take Dislikes at all things, than to de∣light in any thing; but Nature hath given us no Pleasure, but what ends in Pain; for the end of Pleasure is Grief: for Cruel Nature curbs us in with Fear, and yet spurs us on with Desires; for she hath made Mans mind to hunt more after Va∣rieties by Desire, than she hath made Varieties to satisfie the Desires.

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