“He tried the luxury of doing good.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) English poet, surgeon, and clergyman
Book iii, "Boys at School". Compare: "And learn the luxury of doing good", Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, Line 22.
Tales of the Hall (1819)
“And learn the luxury of doing good.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 22.
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