"Mean-time the Body, which we study to soak in Pleasure like a Sponge, is of it self but a mere dead Husk, and drops off at last: and a Man reckons upon it no farther, than as a Machine for bringing him Pleasure, and would sometimes be content to change it for another Body, if he could, and does often wear it out before its natural period."
Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects
Three entries in ESTC (1734, 1762, 1763).<br>
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See <u>Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects: Viz. A View of the Human Faculties.</u> (London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004870449.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;