lotus eater
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He was still lost in the dreams of the lotus-eater when he heard something that resembled the rattling of his own noisy car.
From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip
Diana, have you really performed suttee, have you buried yourself alive in this sweet spot deliberately, or has the love of retirement grown upon you, and have you become a kind of lotus-eater?'
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Is this the existence of the lotus-eater, Marian?
From The Bachelors A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
A moment he yielded to the temptation of the lotus-eater and continued to luxuriate in the lap of Arcadia.
From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart
There is much truth in Mr. Gosse's saying that "the poet is not a lotus-eater who has never known the Gospel, but an evangelist turned inside out."
From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert
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