 These pleasures, by repetition, lose their relish. It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There is hardly any...  The Young Man's Own Book - Page 2571833 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1788 - 584 pages
...by which we perceive pleafure, are blunted and benumbed, by being frequently exercifed in the fame way. There is hardly any one who has not found the...gratification, when new, and when familiar ; or any pleafure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3<//y, The eagernefs for high and... | |
 | 482 pages
...by which we perceive pleafiire are blunted and benumbed, by being frequently exercifed in the fame way. There is hardly any one who has not found the...between a gratification when new and when familiar, and any pleafure which does not become indifferent, as it grows habitual. 3. The eagernefs for high... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 414 pages
...areblunted and benumbed, by being frequently exercifed in the fame way. There is hardly any one who ha» not found the difference between a gratification when new and when familiar, and any pleafure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3. The ea,gernefs for high... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed, by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...difference between a gratification, when new, and when famil^ iar; or any pleasure, which dees not become indifferent as it grows habitual. There is hardly... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1811 - 412 pages
...for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grcnvs habitual. Sdly, The eagerness for high and intense delights takes away the relish from all others... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Learning and scholarship - 1820 - 200 pages
...These pleasures continue but a little while at a time. 2dly, By repetition they lose their relish. 3dly, The eagerness for high and intense delights takes away the relish from all others. There is hardly any delusion by which men are greater sufferers in their happiness, than by their expecting... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. . . ••• •:••,• .-.- .•; -r- <•: : .iliw 3. The eagerness for high and intense delights... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure are blunted and benumbed, by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...between a gratification when new and when familiar, and any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3. The eagerness for high... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...any one who has not found the difference between a gratiiication, when new, and when familiar; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 472 pages
...for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...high and intense delights takes away the relish from nil others ; and as such delights fall rarely in our way, the greater part of our time becomes, from... | |
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