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When he purfued her while flie fled to fccure her Chaftity from the Violence of his Paffion, fhe was changed into a Laurel, Ae moft chafte erf Trees.; which is never corrupted with the Vio - lence of Fleat or Cold, but remains always flouriflling, always pure.
The Pantheon,: Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious ... 1784
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Her death was as remarkable as her life.; fl-. e had accompanied the king to Fountainbieau, and palled with him there the greatetl part of Lent, being at that time big with child; but the king, con - fidering the fcandal that would attend her remaining with him during Paffion-week, prevailed upon her to return to Paris.
The modern part of an universal history from the earliest accounts to the present time; 1780
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Vienna - Page xxxivyears fince the Myftery of the Paffion was exhi-bited at Vienna.
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He was too fenfiblc of his Weak - nefs to afcribc any thing to himfelf, or to cohceivc that he could fubdue Paffion, or withftand Tempta - tion by his own natural Power: He attributed every good Thought and every laudable Aflion to the Fa - ther of Goodnefs.
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Man does not difcover the Beauty that gives Birth to Paffion, until both him - felf and the Faif arrive near the Summit of Youth.
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Tocations, whether he knew what it was to be an - gry, and by what Means he had fo entirely fupprefled that impetuous and ungovernable Paffion; he an - fwcred with the utmoft Frankncfs and Sincerity, that he was naturally quick of Refentment; but that he had, by daily Prayer and Meditation, at length attained to this Maftery over himfelf.
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Brother to Queen Elizabeth; the true Portrait of Lucretia; a Picture of the Battle of Pa via; the Hiftory of Chrift's Paffion, carved in Mother of Pearl j the Portraits of Mary Queen of Scots, who was beheaded, and her * Daughter; the,
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EmragCy to put One in a Paffion, or provoke one to Rage and Anger.
Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever ... 1707
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That a Naturd Paffion is made to pofi for a Moral Vertue.
The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy [G.P. Marana] at Paris. Tr. [by W. Bradshaw ... 1707
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Hypochondriacs AffeSlnSy is a kind of conviilfive Paffion or AfFedion arifing from the flatulent and pungent hu - mours in the Spleen which afflidt the nervous and Mem - branous Parts, Melancholy.
Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever ... 1707
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