lotus eater
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His was not the temperament of the lotus-eater.
From A Vanished Hand by Doudney, Sarah
"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
It was aristocratic, enchantingly indolent, like the face of a happy lotus-eater.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The fabled lotus-eater wished never to leave the isle whence he had plucked it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
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)
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