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Essay On Choler.
" Even the friendship of a man who is subject to passion is a burthen to worthy people ; and his company is a labyrinth , which , it is much more difficult to retire from , than to enter ' for the partition between choler and phrenzy is extremely slight ; and the passionate man is almost as much entitled to a place in Bedlam , as the most outrageous lunatic . His fury deprives him of the use of his knowled
ge and experience ; and blinds his foresight to such a degree , that he does not perceive the perils and dangers which lie immediately before him . It shuts his ears against the voice of reason ; and makes him utter such expressions as he wouldbe ashamed of , and even shocked at , the next moment , and might have cause to repent of as long as he lives . " A certain courtier was of such a choleric dispositionthat he
, once drew his sword in the presence of his soverign , and after having broke it , threw it scornfull y at his feet , swearing that he would never use it again -in his service . It is true , the Prince smiled at the extravagance of his subject ; but immediatel y divested him of all his employments , and sent him to prison , where he had leisure to reflect upon and lament his folly , during the tedious term often or fourteen years , and from whence , it is probable , he would
never have been released , if a revolution had not afterwards taken place . " A passionate man is also constantl y giving advantage to those who are inclined to prejudice him , and affords his enemies every assistance in his power , to disgrace and ruin him . He commits a thousand oversi ghts , and says and does a great many things upon which his foes may put the worst constructionHe tortiires and
. plagues himself , and all around him , without the least benefit to either : he is easil y led , by the artful and designing , into any sort of mischief , of which he will afterwards be left to pay the whole cost ; and he is liable to be hurried headlong , by every plodding scoundrelj to the most scandalous acts of violence and brutality . In a word though he is by nature as generous and beneficent as any man breathinghe be inflamed
, may so in a moment , even upon the slightest occasions , as to put on the appearance of the most savage ferocity , and assume the language and behaviour of a ruffian . His inferiors and dependants will avoid his presence ; his superiors neglect and despise him ; his equals reproach and mortify him ; his family dread his appearance as that of a lion or a tiger ; his friends pity and desert him ; and his enemies impose upon , insult , and ruin him .
" Those irascible -mortals , to whom the above description is applicable , will , I hope , have the indulgence to forgive me for drawing their portraits so much at length . I intend them no sort of harm ; but only wish , that , upon viewing their likeness in it ' s true form and colours , they would for the future resolve never to contract their brows again , and swell and distort their features in a manner so greatly to their disadvantage ! "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essay On Choler.
" Even the friendship of a man who is subject to passion is a burthen to worthy people ; and his company is a labyrinth , which , it is much more difficult to retire from , than to enter ' for the partition between choler and phrenzy is extremely slight ; and the passionate man is almost as much entitled to a place in Bedlam , as the most outrageous lunatic . His fury deprives him of the use of his knowled
ge and experience ; and blinds his foresight to such a degree , that he does not perceive the perils and dangers which lie immediately before him . It shuts his ears against the voice of reason ; and makes him utter such expressions as he wouldbe ashamed of , and even shocked at , the next moment , and might have cause to repent of as long as he lives . " A certain courtier was of such a choleric dispositionthat he
, once drew his sword in the presence of his soverign , and after having broke it , threw it scornfull y at his feet , swearing that he would never use it again -in his service . It is true , the Prince smiled at the extravagance of his subject ; but immediatel y divested him of all his employments , and sent him to prison , where he had leisure to reflect upon and lament his folly , during the tedious term often or fourteen years , and from whence , it is probable , he would
never have been released , if a revolution had not afterwards taken place . " A passionate man is also constantl y giving advantage to those who are inclined to prejudice him , and affords his enemies every assistance in his power , to disgrace and ruin him . He commits a thousand oversi ghts , and says and does a great many things upon which his foes may put the worst constructionHe tortiires and
. plagues himself , and all around him , without the least benefit to either : he is easil y led , by the artful and designing , into any sort of mischief , of which he will afterwards be left to pay the whole cost ; and he is liable to be hurried headlong , by every plodding scoundrelj to the most scandalous acts of violence and brutality . In a word though he is by nature as generous and beneficent as any man breathinghe be inflamed
, may so in a moment , even upon the slightest occasions , as to put on the appearance of the most savage ferocity , and assume the language and behaviour of a ruffian . His inferiors and dependants will avoid his presence ; his superiors neglect and despise him ; his equals reproach and mortify him ; his family dread his appearance as that of a lion or a tiger ; his friends pity and desert him ; and his enemies impose upon , insult , and ruin him .
" Those irascible -mortals , to whom the above description is applicable , will , I hope , have the indulgence to forgive me for drawing their portraits so much at length . I intend them no sort of harm ; but only wish , that , upon viewing their likeness in it ' s true form and colours , they would for the future resolve never to contract their brows again , and swell and distort their features in a manner so greatly to their disadvantage ! "