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His is the entertainment of Tantalus; it is an entertainment from which the sun hid his light.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “His is the entertainment of Tantalus; it is an entertainment from which the sun hid his light.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke compares a certain type of entertainment to the myth of Tantalus, suggesting its unattainable nature.
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