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 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christianity |
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... painful sensations have also a similar character , The pangs of hatred , with all its modifications ; the irritations of anger , envy , and peevish discontent ; the corrosions of malice ; the oppressions of sorrow , grief , and ...
... painful sensations have also a similar character , The pangs of hatred , with all its modifications ; the irritations of anger , envy , and peevish discontent ; the corrosions of malice ; the oppressions of sorrow , grief , and ...
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... painful and distressing situations , while it encourages hope ; and it excites to such exerti- ons , as are rational and promising , in situations the most distressing and perilous . It effectually suppresses every turbulent , unruly ...
... painful and distressing situations , while it encourages hope ; and it excites to such exerti- ons , as are rational and promising , in situations the most distressing and perilous . It effectually suppresses every turbulent , unruly ...
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... painful and arduous undertak- ing ; sometimes it relates to the exemplary man- ner in which bodily pains are borne ; and at other times , it is exemplified by circumstances which are calculated to depress the mind . In the first case ...
... painful and arduous undertak- ing ; sometimes it relates to the exemplary man- ner in which bodily pains are borne ; and at other times , it is exemplified by circumstances which are calculated to depress the mind . In the first case ...
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... painful sensation ; and , by the activity of a perverse imagination , it renders sufferings of an inferior magnitude intolerable , by dwelling upon every circumstance of aggravation . Submission is that species of prudent patience ...
... painful sensation ; and , by the activity of a perverse imagination , it renders sufferings of an inferior magnitude intolerable , by dwelling upon every circumstance of aggravation . Submission is that species of prudent patience ...
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... painful substitutes for those advantages , which might have remunerated laudable exertions . Frugality . To prudent industry is the virtue of Frugality nearly allied . The man who is industrious , upon rational principles , will not be ...
... painful substitutes for those advantages , which might have remunerated laudable exertions . Frugality . To prudent industry is the virtue of Frugality nearly allied . The man who is industrious , upon rational principles , will not be ...
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