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114. Of all emotions anger is that which most frequently 

 affects the whole frame ; its lowest degree is discernable in 

 the eyes ; the higher degrees affect the eyes, lips, voice and 

 eyebrows; and the highest produce convulsions, short breath- 

 ing, and sometimes death. 



115. — Hence being the most turbulent of all emotions, it 

 alone is called passion without addition, though all when vio- 

 lent may be so called. 



116. But of all passions it most easily subsides and va- 

 nishes, when provoked by trifling causes ; its excess and in- 

 justice become apparent even to the angry person himself, 

 and seem to him to demand some atonement on his part. 

 This sudden recoil is observable in persons of a benevolent 

 disposition, who are often the most irritable. 



117. But in persons of a jraa/evo/en^ disposition, this pas- 

 sion, though apparently calmed, passes into a settled desire 

 of revenge. 



118. Vexation, when taken in a passive sense, is a mental 

 disturbance compounded of two emotions, anger and sorrow : 

 sometimes the one and sometimes the other is prevalent. It 

 is caused by abuses of superior power, disappointments, un- 

 expected delays, unsuccessful endeavours to please, inces- 

 sant teazing, interruption in some interesting pursuit, &c. 



119. la the active sense, namely to vex, is to excite such 

 disturbance by abuse of power, litigation, or the various me- 



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