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 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 |
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... Passion , Emotion , and Affection , or in what respect they specifically differ from each other , & c . were the principal in- ducements to the Author of the following Treatise , to pay much greater attention to the workings of the ...
... Passion , Emotion , and Affection , or in what respect they specifically differ from each other , & c . were the principal in- ducements to the Author of the following Treatise , to pay much greater attention to the workings of the ...
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... passions in gene- ral , or of a treatise on the passions , we mean not to express the stronger impressions alone , the mildest affections are also included ; and if we denominate any one to be a person of strong passions , we mean that ...
... passions in gene- ral , or of a treatise on the passions , we mean not to express the stronger impressions alone , the mildest affections are also included ; and if we denominate any one to be a person of strong passions , we mean that ...
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... affection of pride , or of avarice , but the passion . The term affection , on the other hand , is appropriated by the virtuous propensities ; as the social ... Emotions as highly turbulent , others assert that they are B 2 PASSIONS . 3.
... affection of pride , or of avarice , but the passion . The term affection , on the other hand , is appropriated by the virtuous propensities ; as the social ... Emotions as highly turbulent , others assert that they are B 2 PASSIONS . 3.
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... emotions . Again , the term is frequently employed to mark the first ... emotions from other causes . But the difference is simply in degree , not in kind . This species of enjoy- ment is peculiar to minds highly cultivated ... AFFECTIONS . 9.
... emotions . Again , the term is frequently employed to mark the first ... emotions from other causes . But the difference is simply in degree , not in kind . This species of enjoy- ment is peculiar to minds highly cultivated ... AFFECTIONS . 9.
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... Passion . Nor is it intimately connected with any external signs ; which distinguishes it from Emotions . The affections sometimes succeed to passions and emotions , because these may have been excited by something which becomes per ...
... Passion . Nor is it intimately connected with any external signs ; which distinguishes it from Emotions . The affections sometimes succeed to passions and emotions , because these may have been excited by something which becomes per ...
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according admiration agitated anger animal aphonia appears appetites apprehension attention aversion becomes benevolence cerning character circumstances common Complacency conduct connected considered contemplation correspondent deemed degree desire disposition distress efficient cause enjoyment epilepsies evil excellence excess exciting cause exer exertions express favourable fear feelings fluence frequently gratification grief habitual happiness honour hope hope and fear ideas imagination immediate impression indicate indolence indulged influence injury inspired instances Kaims lence Love and Hatred malevolence manifest manner ment merit mind misery nature neral observable offence opposite ourselves painful particular object Passions and Affections passions and emotions peculiar peculiarly pernicious philosophical pleasing pleasure possess power of sympathy present pride principle produced qualities racter render respect rienced Self-love sensation sense sions social sometimes Sorrow soul species specting spirits strong sudden suffer superior supposed surprise sympathy temper term thing tion torpor tremour various Venus de Medicis violent virtue vivacity
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Página 313 - Glistering with dew: fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird; nor walk...
Página 312 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 313 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Página 149 - And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I owe...
Página 202 - twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake"; She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her, that she did pity them.
Página 175 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Página 98 - she never told her love, but let concealment, like a worm in the bud, feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought, and with a green and yellow melancholy, she sat like Patience on a monument, smiling at Grief.
Página 351 - An internal motion or agitation of the mind, when it passeth away without desire, is denominated an emotion: when desire follows, the motion or agitation is denominated a passion. A fine face, for example, raiseth in me a pleasant feeling; if that feeling vanish without producing any effect, it is in proper language an emotion ; but if the feeling, by reiterated views of the...
Página 377 - ... that part of the composition by the increase of the probability. Are not these as plain proofs, that the passions of fear and hope are mixtures of grief and joy, as in optics it is a proof, that a coloured ray of the sun, passing through a prism, is a composition of two others, when, as you diminish or increase the quantity of either, you find it prevail proportionably, more or less, in the composition ? 5.
Página 140 - ... marriage to its primitive institution, concubinage has been forbidden and condemned among christians. CONDESCENSION is that species of benevolence which designedly waves the supposed advantages of birth, title, or station, in order to accommodate ourselves to the state of an inferior, and diminish that restraint which the apparent distance is calculated to produce in him. It is enjoined on the Christian, and is peculiarly ornamental to the Christian character, Rom. xii, 16.