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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Page 94
... the breast Like furious Anger . " The effects of madnefs and anger are , indeed , the fame : the eyes of the unhappy sufferer , in both * Ira furor brevis eft . Hor . lib . 1 , cp . 2 . both cafes , ftare wildly , and almost start from.
... the breast Like furious Anger . " The effects of madnefs and anger are , indeed , the fame : the eyes of the unhappy sufferer , in both * Ira furor brevis eft . Hor . lib . 1 , cp . 2 . both cafes , ftare wildly , and almost start from.
Page 217
... sufferer , and therefore ought not to cause discontent in the mind of a man of good un- derstanding . A bafe , impudent , illiterate , unwor- thy and infufficient man is not unfrequently pre- ferred , where a man of the ftrictest ...
... sufferer , and therefore ought not to cause discontent in the mind of a man of good un- derstanding . A bafe , impudent , illiterate , unwor- thy and infufficient man is not unfrequently pre- ferred , where a man of the ftrictest ...
Page 230
... cheers our dreary night , And makes a brighter day . But if , alas ! it wrongly seize , The case is twice as bad : d This flow'r , fun , drop ; this dream and breeze , Will drive the sufferer MAD . 2 ven , the other finks it into hell ; ...
... cheers our dreary night , And makes a brighter day . But if , alas ! it wrongly seize , The case is twice as bad : d This flow'r , fun , drop ; this dream and breeze , Will drive the sufferer MAD . 2 ven , the other finks it into hell ; ...
Page 273
... sufferer give the most certain figns of the existence of the dif- eafe . Of the truth of this obfervation , and of the art which the phyfician is compelled to ex- ercife , there cannot be a ftronger instance than that which is furnished ...
... sufferer give the most certain figns of the existence of the dif- eafe . Of the truth of this obfervation , and of the art which the phyfician is compelled to ex- ercife , there cannot be a ftronger instance than that which is furnished ...
Page 317
... soon to death the wretched sufferer leads ; Thou canst with cruel falshood reason blind , And burst the closest ties that hold mankind ! • P 3 The indeed , if they be neglected in the ear flages OF LOVE MELANCHOLY . 317.
... soon to death the wretched sufferer leads ; Thou canst with cruel falshood reason blind , And burst the closest ties that hold mankind ! • P 3 The indeed , if they be neglected in the ear flages OF LOVE MELANCHOLY . 317.
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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.