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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Page 49
... temper with which it is sustained . Modesty . Modesty is another ramification of prudence . In the English language it is a generic term . It is often used as expressive of delicacy in a sexual sense ; but it characterises also an ...
... temper with which it is sustained . Modesty . Modesty is another ramification of prudence . In the English language it is a generic term . It is often used as expressive of delicacy in a sexual sense ; but it characterises also an ...
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... temper naturally reserved and timid ; to a contracted education ; or being unaccustomed to the world ; and thus , through a total ignorance of men and manners , it may attribute to others a superiority to which they are not entitled ...
... temper naturally reserved and timid ; to a contracted education ; or being unaccustomed to the world ; and thus , through a total ignorance of men and manners , it may attribute to others a superiority to which they are not entitled ...
Page 78
... temper , and by perpetual dissatis- factions , at the most strenuous endeavours to please ; and thus rob a dependent of more real en- joyment , than the whole of his wages could have purchased . The parent who is solicitous to en- rich ...
... temper , and by perpetual dissatis- factions , at the most strenuous endeavours to please ; and thus rob a dependent of more real en- joyment , than the whole of his wages could have purchased . The parent who is solicitous to en- rich ...
Page 80
... temper , to impart good to suscep- tible beings , or to participate in their welfare . It is primarily exercised toward those who have a com- mon interest with ourselves , in the conjugal , paren- tal , filial , fraternal relations ...
... temper , to impart good to suscep- tible beings , or to participate in their welfare . It is primarily exercised toward those who have a com- mon interest with ourselves , in the conjugal , paren- tal , filial , fraternal relations ...
Page 84
... temper , respecting propriety of behaviour in circumstances peculiar and delicate ; and it contributes essentially to the pleasures of social intercourse , as its operations are perpetual . The above remarks discover to us several other ...
... temper , respecting propriety of behaviour in circumstances peculiar and delicate ; and it contributes essentially to the pleasures of social intercourse , as its operations are perpetual . The above remarks discover to us several other ...
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