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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... those sentiments on which alone THE CONJUGAL UNION can be fafely formed ; leads at firft to disappoint- ment and vexation , and ends at laft in certain mifery : and that ATHEISM , IDOLATRY , SUPERSTITION , INFIDE- LITY , and every other ...
... those sentiments on which alone THE CONJUGAL UNION can be fafely formed ; leads at firft to disappoint- ment and vexation , and ends at laft in certain mifery : and that ATHEISM , IDOLATRY , SUPERSTITION , INFIDE- LITY , and every other ...
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... those whom they feize on for a time , are but improperly denominated me- lancholy , because they do not continue , but come and go as the objects vary by which they are in- duced . Pain and uneafiness give rise to this dif order , and ...
... those whom they feize on for a time , are but improperly denominated me- lancholy , because they do not continue , but come and go as the objects vary by which they are in- duced . Pain and uneafiness give rise to this dif order , and ...
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... those melancholy " whom abundance of " that fame depraved humour of black choler has " fo misaffected , that they become mad , and " doat in most things , or in all belonging to " election , will , or other manifeft operations " of the ...
... those melancholy " whom abundance of " that fame depraved humour of black choler has " fo misaffected , that they become mad , and " doat in most things , or in all belonging to " election , will , or other manifeft operations " of the ...
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... those func- tions are rather abolished than depraved : it is faid to be unaccompanied by ague or fever , because the humour is most part cold , dry , and contrary to putrefaction ; and which distinguishes it from those disorders which ...
... those func- tions are rather abolished than depraved : it is faid to be unaccompanied by ague or fever , because the humour is most part cold , dry , and contrary to putrefaction ; and which distinguishes it from those disorders which ...
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... those who were well , as in giving perfect health to those who were ill . His grate- ful countrymen erected a statue in honour of his memory . + John Louis Vives , born at Valencia , in Spain , in the year 1492 , taught the belles ...
... those who were well , as in giving perfect health to those who were ill . His grate- ful countrymen erected a statue in honour of his memory . + John Louis Vives , born at Valencia , in Spain , in the year 1492 , taught the belles ...
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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.