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ject. To shun it recourse is had to the most trifling, and 

 often to criminal pursuits. 



221. Impatience is the corroding reluctance of the mind 

 to the delay of an}' expected pleasure, or the endurance of 

 pain. It differs from vexation, by containing no mixture of 

 anger, but it frequently passes into it. 



222. Discontent denotes the uneasiness we feel on a view 

 of the inadequacy of our circumstances to the gratification 

 of our desues, whether just and reasonable, or wild an un- 

 reasonable ; or from oppression whether real or fancied. 



223. Melancholif is a permanent feeling of grief or sorrow 

 arising from a persuasion that the loss or evil we deplore, is 

 irretrievable, and such as renders all future happiness impos- 

 sible. It is susceptible of various degrees a.?, dejection, apathy, 

 terror and delirium. 



224. Despair is a sentiment arising from the supposed im- 

 possibility of the cessation of a present, or of preventing a 

 future evil. 



225. Jealousy is a sentiment arising from an apprehension 

 of the success of a rival in any pursuit, whom we suppose 

 less worthy of it than ourselves. 



226. Jealousy in Love denotes the pain resulting from any 

 favour conferred on another by the beloved object ; it fre- 

 quently arises to an outrageous passion mixed with resent- 

 ment, indignation and rage. 



£27. Envy 



