The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 53
... Passions affect the Mind with greater Strength when we are a - sleep , than when we are awake . Joy and Sorrow give us more vigorous Sensations of Pain or Pleasure at this Time , than at any other . Devotion likewise , as the excellent ...
... Passions affect the Mind with greater Strength when we are a - sleep , than when we are awake . Joy and Sorrow give us more vigorous Sensations of Pain or Pleasure at this Time , than at any other . Devotion likewise , as the excellent ...
Page 62
... Passion towards each other , when once well fixed , enters into the very Constitution , and the Kindness flows as easily and silently as the Blood in the Veins . When this Affection is enjoyed in the most sublime Degree , un skilful ...
... Passion towards each other , when once well fixed , enters into the very Constitution , and the Kindness flows as easily and silently as the Blood in the Veins . When this Affection is enjoyed in the most sublime Degree , un skilful ...
Page 64
... Passion a Bridegroom has for a virtuous young Woman , will , by little and little , grow into Friendship , and then it is ascended to an higher Pleasure than it was in its first Fervour . Without this happens , he is a very unfortunate ...
... Passion a Bridegroom has for a virtuous young Woman , will , by little and little , grow into Friendship , and then it is ascended to an higher Pleasure than it was in its first Fervour . Without this happens , he is a very unfortunate ...
Page 66
... Passion with which his Heart was wholly untouched . He was one of those brutal Minds which can be gratified with the Violation of Innocence and Beauty , without the least Pity , Passion , or Love to that with which they are so much ...
... Passion with which his Heart was wholly untouched . He was one of those brutal Minds which can be gratified with the Violation of Innocence and Beauty , without the least Pity , Passion , or Love to that with which they are so much ...
Page 69
... Freedoms with the Men are more taken Notice of than I am , The Men are such unthinking Sots , that they do not prefer her who restrains all her Passions and Affections , and keeps No. 492 . Wednes day , Sept. 24 , 1712 THE SPECTATOR 69.
... Freedoms with the Men are more taken Notice of than I am , The Men are such unthinking Sots , that they do not prefer her who restrains all her Passions and Affections , and keeps No. 492 . Wednes day , Sept. 24 , 1712 THE SPECTATOR 69.
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