Word: timoner
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...some are so inclined that to their minds this solitude is real pleasure, but we can hardly think so; to us there is no state so utterly desolate. If, as sometimes happens, any one is driven into solitude by some uncontrollable feeling of remorse, and, like that remarkable misanthrope, Timon of Athens, seek the woods, there may be enjoyment there, surrounded by all the beauties of nature, and he may make friends of these, and pass a pleasant existence. But surrounded by a crowd, as here, ready to join in adding to the comfort and pleasure of all their friends...