Melancholy: As it Proceeds from the Disposition and Habit, the Passion of Love, and the Influence of ReligionVernor, 1801 - 420 pages |
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... such diseases as affect the outward fense and motion of the body : it is said to be a depravation of the principal functions , in order to distinguish it from fatuity and madness , in which those func- tions are rather abolished than ...
... such diseases as affect the outward fense and motion of the body : it is said to be a depravation of the principal functions , in order to distinguish it from fatuity and madness , in which those func- tions are rather abolished than ...
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... such nice proportions , and united with fuch admirable art and harmony , as Ludovicus Vives , † in his Fable of Man , has elegantly * Jerome Mercurialis , a celebrated phyfician , frequently called the Efculapius of his age , was born ...
... such nice proportions , and united with fuch admirable art and harmony , as Ludovicus Vives , † in his Fable of Man , has elegantly * Jerome Mercurialis , a celebrated phyfician , frequently called the Efculapius of his age , was born ...
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... such an infinite number of indications , to difcern the true fign of every difeafe , relates the celebrated fable from Æfop of the physician , who , having bought an Ethi- opian flave , endeavoured to search for the true caufe of the ...
... such an infinite number of indications , to difcern the true fign of every difeafe , relates the celebrated fable from Æfop of the physician , who , having bought an Ethi- opian flave , endeavoured to search for the true caufe of the ...
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... such cases will not avail . The wound , likę that which was inflicted by the spear of Achilles , can only be healed by the hand that gave it . Physicians and phyfic , in such cases , are equally ineffectual : man muft fubmit to the ...
... such cases will not avail . The wound , likę that which was inflicted by the spear of Achilles , can only be healed by the hand that gave it . Physicians and phyfic , in such cases , are equally ineffectual : man muft fubmit to the ...
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... such persons only as are found both in body and mind were suffered to marry . Some countries were formerly fo chary in this behalf , as to destroy every child that was crooked or deformed , either in body or mind , in order to preserve ...
... such persons only as are found both in body and mind were suffered to marry . Some countries were formerly fo chary in this behalf , as to destroy every child that was crooked or deformed , either in body or mind , in order to preserve ...
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againſt alfo Apuleius beauty becauſe beft beſt body caſe caufe cauſe character charms choly Cicero confequences cure dæmon danger defcribed defcription defires deftroys dejected delight difeafe difpofition diſcontent diſeaſe drefs effects eſpecially exerciſe eyes faid fair fame fays fear Felix Plater fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fing firft firſt fome fometimes forrow fortune foul four humours fpecies fpirits frequently friends ftill fubject fuch fuffered fweet grief happineſs happy heart heroic love heroic paffion higheſt himſelf Hippocrates humour huſband increaſe inftances itſelf king lefs live LOVE MELANCHOLY lover madneſs melan mifery mind miſtreſs moft moſt mufic muft muſt obferves occafion Ovid paffion patient perfons philofopher phyfician Plato pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poffefs poifon prefent purpoſe reafon refpect rich ſay ſhe ſome Stratonice ſtudy ſuch ſweet ſymptoms thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou tion uſe virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wife youth
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Page 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume...
Page 252 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page i - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 229 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met ; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 315 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty ; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there ; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Page 222 - Yet empty of all good wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
Page 291 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Page 266 - Alack ! there lies more peril in thine eye, Than twenty of their swords ; look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.
Page 68 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 234 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.