A Collection of Letters and Essays on Several Subjects, Lately Publish'd in the Dublin Journal (1729)G. Olms, 1975 |
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Page 102
... Minds are apt to run into a per- fect Veneration : When an Object appears formidable , a weak Mind will run into a Panick , an unreasonable , impotent Horror . Now in both thefe Cafes , by our Sense of the the ridiculous , we are made ...
... Minds are apt to run into a per- fect Veneration : When an Object appears formidable , a weak Mind will run into a Panick , an unreasonable , impotent Horror . Now in both thefe Cafes , by our Sense of the the ridiculous , we are made ...
Page 339
... Minds . But why are we to improve our Minds at all ? Is it not to render us useful in Society , and capable of ... Mind over - run with Discontent and Sullen- nefs , will be the fame in Solitude as in Socie- ty . Nor is there any ...
... Minds . But why are we to improve our Minds at all ? Is it not to render us useful in Society , and capable of ... Mind over - run with Discontent and Sullen- nefs , will be the fame in Solitude as in Socie- ty . Nor is there any ...
Page 141
... Mind kept on the Rack , and how ready to break out into a Flame upon the smallest disappoint- ment ? And how many fatal Disputes have arifen upon fuch occafions , I need not men- tion ; fince I fanfy , there are few who can- not ...
... Mind kept on the Rack , and how ready to break out into a Flame upon the smallest disappoint- ment ? And how many fatal Disputes have arifen upon fuch occafions , I need not men- tion ; fince I fanfy , there are few who can- not ...
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