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... passions in the human heart . It shews itself in our earliest and is coeval with the first exertions of reason . It accompanies us through all the stages of subsequent life ; and in private stations discovers itself no less than in the ...
... passions in the human heart . It shews itself in our earliest and is coeval with the first exertions of reason . It accompanies us through all the stages of subsequent life ; and in private stations discovers itself no less than in the ...
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... passions . I shall endeavour to explain the nature of true sensibility . I shall consider its effects ; and , after shewing its advantages , shall point out the abuses and mistaken forms of this virtue . THE original constitution of our ...
... passions . I shall endeavour to explain the nature of true sensibility . I shall consider its effects ; and , after shewing its advantages , shall point out the abuses and mistaken forms of this virtue . THE original constitution of our ...
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... passion and pleasure into many criminal deeds . Almost every man values himself on possessing virtue in one or other of its forms . He wishes to lay claim to some quality which will render him estimable in his own eye , as well as in ...
... passion and pleasure into many criminal deeds . Almost every man values himself on possessing virtue in one or other of its forms . He wishes to lay claim to some quality which will render him estimable in his own eye , as well as in ...
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... passions have often betrayed and degraded you , study how they may be kept , in future , under better discipline . Learn , at the same time , never to trust presumptuously in your own wisdom . Humbly apply to the Au- thor of your being ...
... passions have often betrayed and degraded you , study how they may be kept , in future , under better discipline . Learn , at the same time , never to trust presumptuously in your own wisdom . Humbly apply to the Au- thor of your being ...
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... passions and pursuits of the present moment , they too shall lose that imaginary value which heated fancy now bestows upon them . Hence , let them al- ready begin to subside to their proper level . Let wisdom infuse a tincture of ...
... passions and pursuits of the present moment , they too shall lose that imaginary value which heated fancy now bestows upon them . Hence , let them al- ready begin to subside to their proper level . Let wisdom infuse a tincture of ...
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