lotus eater
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It was aristocratic, enchantingly indolent, like the face of a happy lotus-eater.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
I am no lotus-eater by nature," he went on with energy, "and so I fought and conquered it.
From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon
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
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
"It is exhausting, but with my usual energy I do it all the same," said Ernest, who is as a fact the world's champion lotus-eater.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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