[838] A man may eat from principle, which often happens with the sick when they are wishing to die, and appetite is extinct. For the same reason they may eat delicacies when the stomach rebels against common fare. This was the case with Pascal in his illness, and, from a mistaken asceticism, he endeavoured to swallow the choice food without tasting it.
[839] Epist. ii. ver. 70, 113, 116, 119-22.
[840] Epist. ii. ver. 131-148, 157.
[841] Epist. ii. ver. 138, 147.
[842] Crousaz's Commentary on Pope's Essay, translated by Johnson, p. 109.
[843] Fable of the Bees, ninth edition, vol. i. p. 137.
[844] Epist. ii. ver. 175, 197.
[845] Epist. ii. ver. 185-194.
[846] Epist. ii. ver. 59, 67.
[847] Epist. ii. ver. 147.