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The one is a picture of the passions all on fire ; the other is the real conflagration ;
pouring out a volume of words , that burn , like liquid flames , bursting from the
crater of a volcano . The one attracts the admiring gaze , and tickles the fancy of ...
The one is a picture of the passions all on fire ; the other is the real conflagration ;
pouring out a volume of words , that burn , like liquid flames , bursting from the
crater of a volcano . The one attracts the admiring gaze , and tickles the fancy of ...
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The grosser passions of human nature wage a perpetual war upon the citadel of
our true happiness , and too often take it by storm . Self conceit blinds us - self
confidence betrays us ; our fancy , taste , and appetite lead us ; we heed not the ...
The grosser passions of human nature wage a perpetual war upon the citadel of
our true happiness , and too often take it by storm . Self conceit blinds us - self
confidence betrays us ; our fancy , taste , and appetite lead us ; we heed not the ...
Page 198
Like all other bad passions , the fruits of Revenge are bitter - its projectile force
recoils on its projector ; like the scorpion enclosed within a circle of fire , it stings
itself to death . Like other vile passions , it can and should be subdued — no man
...
Like all other bad passions , the fruits of Revenge are bitter - its projectile force
recoils on its projector ; like the scorpion enclosed within a circle of fire , it stings
itself to death . Like other vile passions , it can and should be subdued — no man
...
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His magic power consists in his first paralyzing reason , and bringing all the base
passions under his control . The passions being enslaved , the soul becomes
torpid , the body passive , and the work is done . The courts of kings are
admirable ...
His magic power consists in his first paralyzing reason , and bringing all the base
passions under his control . The passions being enslaved , the soul becomes
torpid , the body passive , and the work is done . The courts of kings are
admirable ...
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This spirit , unfortunately , is inseparable from our nature , having its root in the
strongest passions of the human mind . It exists under different shapes in all
governments , more or less stifled , controlled , or repressed . But in those of the ...
This spirit , unfortunately , is inseparable from our nature , having its root in the
strongest passions of the human mind . It exists under different shapes in all
governments , more or less stifled , controlled , or repressed . But in those of the ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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