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Page 87
... Social paffions , like the felfifh , fometimes drop their character , and become inftin & tive . It is not unufual to find anger and fear refpecting others fo exceffive , as to operate blindly and impetuoufly , precifely as where they ...
... Social paffions , like the felfifh , fometimes drop their character , and become inftin & tive . It is not unufual to find anger and fear refpecting others fo exceffive , as to operate blindly and impetuoufly , precifely as where they ...
Page 113
... Social affections have an advantage over the fel- fish , not only with refpect to pleasure as above ex- plained , but alfo with refpect to pain . The pain of an affront , the pain of want , the pain of disap- pointment , and a thousand ...
... Social affections have an advantage over the fel- fish , not only with refpect to pleasure as above ex- plained , but alfo with refpect to pain . The pain of an affront , the pain of want , the pain of disap- pointment , and a thousand ...
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