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... mind " " Old Age . " Non lubet mibi , " fays that venerable Roman : ❝ deplorare vitam , quod multi , et ü docti , fæpe fecerunt ; neque me vixiffe pænitet ... mind labouring under this grievous affliction , it is ON A MELANCHOLY MIND . 179.
... mind " " Old Age . " Non lubet mibi , " fays that venerable Roman : ❝ deplorare vitam , quod multi , et ü docti , fæpe fecerunt ; neque me vixiffe pænitet ... mind labouring under this grievous affliction , it is ON A MELANCHOLY MIND . 179.
Page 180
... mind can receive amusement and delight . only scenes by which the mudded current of his mind can be cleared , or his ftagnated fyftem of pleasure refreshed , must be calm , yet cheerful , and temperate , yet gay . Melancholy is of a fe ...
... mind can receive amusement and delight . only scenes by which the mudded current of his mind can be cleared , or his ftagnated fyftem of pleasure refreshed , must be calm , yet cheerful , and temperate , yet gay . Melancholy is of a fe ...
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... mind , fome time fince confulted me upon the subject of a nervous complaint , which I immediately difcovered to be the confe- quence of a mistaken zeal for religion ; a difpo- fition naturally fedentary , and a habit which is too ...
... mind , fome time fince confulted me upon the subject of a nervous complaint , which I immediately difcovered to be the confe- quence of a mistaken zeal for religion ; a difpo- fition naturally fedentary , and a habit which is too ...
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ABELARD againſt almoſt alſo becauſe beſt bofom cauſe celebrated character choly cifed circumftances cloſe conftitution converfation courſe defires delight deſtroy difpofition DIOCLESIAN eaſe effects ELOISA endeavour enjoy enjoyment envy exerciſe faid fame fancy fays feek feelings feems fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhould fighs filence firſt focial fociety folitary fome foon forrows foul fource fpecies frequently friends friendſhip ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior furrounded greateſt happineſs heart higheſt himſelf houſe human imagination increaſe indulgence inftruction inſtead intercourſe interefts itſelf joys lefs live mankind melan melancholy ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffions perfons PETRARCH philofopher PLATO pleaſe pleaſures poffeffed preſent purpoſe purſued purſuits racter raiſed rational reaſon religion reſpect retirement retreat ſcenes ſcience ſenſe ſeverity ſhe Solitude ſpirit ſtate ſtudy ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranquillity underſtanding uſeful vices virtue virtuous whofe whoſe