Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... Paffions , and help us to keep our Feet where the Ground is most Slippery . ' Tis to direct the Critical Periods , and make the Motions of our Progrefs more steady , and prevent us from deftroying ourselves with the un- wieldy ...
... Paffions , and help us to keep our Feet where the Ground is most Slippery . ' Tis to direct the Critical Periods , and make the Motions of our Progrefs more steady , and prevent us from deftroying ourselves with the un- wieldy ...
Page iv
... Paffions , as well as convince the Understand- ing And which is chiefly to be va- lued , a noble Disengagement from the World , and a Spirit of Martyr- dom , is remarkably apparent , and fhines out in the Writings of this Father . St ...
... Paffions , as well as convince the Understand- ing And which is chiefly to be va- lued , a noble Disengagement from the World , and a Spirit of Martyr- dom , is remarkably apparent , and fhines out in the Writings of this Father . St ...
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... Paffions warm'd in one cafe , and not in the other . The Importance of the Conteft , the Defire of Glory and Revenge had fo fortified and employ'd their Thoughts , that they had fcarce Leifure to attend to any thing but get- ting C 3 1 ...
... Paffions warm'd in one cafe , and not in the other . The Importance of the Conteft , the Defire of Glory and Revenge had fo fortified and employ'd their Thoughts , that they had fcarce Leifure to attend to any thing but get- ting C 3 1 ...
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... Paffions of fuch a Liberty . Philot . Amongst other Inconvenien- cies , it may be you think private Re- venge would ... Paffion , ' tis odds but that a Man miffes his way . When Violence hurries on too fast , and Caution does not keep ...
... Paffions of fuch a Liberty . Philot . Amongst other Inconvenien- cies , it may be you think private Re- venge would ... Paffion , ' tis odds but that a Man miffes his way . When Violence hurries on too fast , and Caution does not keep ...
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... Paffions are likewife mana- gable by Reason , and under the Jurifdi- ction of Thought . For a Man that has difciplined himself , made a Progress in Virtue , and is fortified with the Aids of Religion ; does not fly out when an Object ...
... Paffions are likewife mana- gable by Reason , and under the Jurifdi- ction of Thought . For a Man that has difciplined himself , made a Progress in Virtue , and is fortified with the Aids of Religion ; does not fly out when an Object ...
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