A Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological: In a Series of Disquisitions, in which are Traced, the Moral History of Man, in His Pursuits, Powers, and Motives of Action, and the Means of Obtaining Permanent Well-being and Happiness, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christianity |
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... , it is acknowledged , has been pro- ductive of a train of thought peculiar to each speculator ; and thus has each been able to throw some light upon a subject , which it was not his sole or primary object to in- vi PREFACE .
... , it is acknowledged , has been pro- ductive of a train of thought peculiar to each speculator ; and thus has each been able to throw some light upon a subject , which it was not his sole or primary object to in- vi PREFACE .
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... able , according to our conceptions , to promote or impede enjoyment or happiness ; from the smallest gratification up to the most exalted felicity ; from the smallest discomfiture , to the depth of misery . They are also the parents of ...
... able , according to our conceptions , to promote or impede enjoyment or happiness ; from the smallest gratification up to the most exalted felicity ; from the smallest discomfiture , to the depth of misery . They are also the parents of ...
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... able to gain admission , and divide the attention . But on the other hand , whatever presents itself in a sudden and unexpected manner , has , in most cases , a much greater effect upon us , than subjects of very superior importance ...
... able to gain admission , and divide the attention . But on the other hand , whatever presents itself in a sudden and unexpected manner , has , in most cases , a much greater effect upon us , than subjects of very superior importance ...
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... able , beyond the utmost stretch of comprehen- sion . This we call Astonishment . It now appears that some of our emotions may be excited , before the good or evil , seated in the exciting cause , can have arrested the at- tention . Yet ...
... able , beyond the utmost stretch of comprehen- sion . This we call Astonishment . It now appears that some of our emotions may be excited , before the good or evil , seated in the exciting cause , can have arrested the at- tention . Yet ...
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... able to communicate an energy to all . Thus we perceive that the passions , -using this term in a generic sense , may proceed both from our Ignorance , and from our real or sup- posed knowledge of the nature and qualities of objects ...
... able to communicate an energy to all . Thus we perceive that the passions , -using this term in a generic sense , may proceed both from our Ignorance , and from our real or sup- posed knowledge of the nature and qualities of objects ...
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Page 313 - Glistering with dew: fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird; nor walk...
Page 312 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 313 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Page 149 - And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I owe...
Page 202 - twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake"; She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her, that she did pity them.
Page 175 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 98 - she never told her love, but let concealment, like a worm in the bud, feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought, and with a green and yellow melancholy, she sat like Patience on a monument, smiling at Grief.
Page 351 - An internal motion or agitation of the mind, when it passeth away without desire, is denominated an emotion: when desire follows, the motion or agitation is denominated a passion. A fine face, for example, raiseth in me a pleasant feeling; if that feeling vanish without producing any effect, it is in proper language an emotion ; but if the feeling, by reiterated views of the...
Page 377 - ... that part of the composition by the increase of the probability. Are not these as plain proofs, that the passions of fear and hope are mixtures of grief and joy, as in optics it is a proof, that a coloured ray of the sun, passing through a prism, is a composition of two others, when, as you diminish or increase the quantity of either, you find it prevail proportionably, more or less, in the composition ? 5.
Page 140 - ... marriage to its primitive institution, concubinage has been forbidden and condemned among christians. CONDESCENSION is that species of benevolence which designedly waves the supposed advantages of birth, title, or station, in order to accommodate ourselves to the state of an inferior, and diminish that restraint which the apparent distance is calculated to produce in him. It is enjoined on the Christian, and is peculiarly ornamental to the Christian character, Rom. xii, 16.