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PG-P.733.020
12-19 [=19-26] Jul 1733:11,12 (243)
Of Anger, Envy, and Malice. . . [1 1/2 column essay.]
But vehemence of passion is not so dreadful a distemper
of the mind, as envy and hidden malice. There may be some
hopes of escaping the first, by avoiding its current, and
suffering the torrent to take its own course.
--Anger is like
A full hot horse; allow him but his way,
Self-mettle tires him. [signed] Shakesp.
But it is scarcely possible to defend ourselves from the
other two.
Envy inflames us against others, who in our opinion, are
happier than we; and is thus admirably describ'd by Dr.
Garth in his Dispensary.
Beneath the gloomy covert of a eugh,
That taints the grass with sickly sweats of dew;
No verdant beauty entertains the sight,
But baneful hemlock and cold aconite;
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