Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1798 - Solitude |
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abfurd accompliſhed affections affift againſt almoſt amufement anchorets auftere becauſe Biſhop character chaſtity Chriftian cloifter confequence confidered CYRILLUS deferts defire delight difguft difpofition DIOSCORUS diſappointment divine Egyptian ELOISA enjoyment eſcape EUTYCHES exercife exiſtence faculties fame fancy fays feclufion fecured feek feem felves fenfation fenfe fenfibility fenfual fentiments ferve fhould fifters finful fituation focial fociety folitary fome fometimes foon fought foul fpirits ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fufferings fufficiently habits happineſs heart herſelf himſelf holy human imagination impoffible indulgence inftances inftruct intercourfe intereft itſelf kindneſs labours lefs leifure melan melancholy ment mind moft monaftics monks moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs NESTORIUS Nitria obfervation occafionally ourſelves PACHOMIUS paffions perfons PETRARCH philofopher piety pious pleaſures poffeffed prefent purity purpoſe racter raiſed reafon refpect render retirement ſcene ſeveral Solitude ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion underſtand uſe vices vifit virtue whofe whoſe
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