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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. — William Cowper

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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

William Cowper
1785
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On hunting.

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Topic
HuntingMan and animals
Medium
Poem
Time
1785
Person
William Cowper
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Current citation
Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 3.
Original citation
Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 3.

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