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i;o EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS. Ch. II.
solemnizcd: if the interimbe but a se ennight, Time's
•pace is so hard that it seems the length os seven years.
Orin. Who ambles Time withal?
Rof. With a priest that lacks Latin , and a rich man
that hash not the gout : for the one sseeps easily, be-
cause he cannot study ; and the other lives merrily ,
because he feels no pain : the one lacking the burden
of lean and wastesul learning ; the other knowing no
burden of heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles
with ah
Orla. Whom doth he gallop withal ?
Ko/1 With kthief to the gallows : for tho’ he go as
softly as soot can fall, he thinks himselftoo sbon there.
Orla. Whom hays it Hill withal ?
Roj. With lawyers in the vacation : for they Heep
between term and term, and then they perceive not
how Time moves.
As you like it, ssS3. fc. 2.
The natural method of computing prestnt time,
ssic ws how sar from truth we may be led by the
irregular insluence of paslion : nor are our eyes
immediately opened when the seene is past ; for
the deception continues whi c there remain any
traces of the paslion. But looking back upon
past time when the joy or distress is no longer re-
membered, the computation is very disserent : in
that condition, we coolly and deliberately make use
of the ordinary measure, namely, the course of our
perceptions. And I ssiall now proceed to the er-
rors that tliis measure is subjefted to. Here we
must distinguish between a train of perceptions,
solemnizcd: if the interimbe but a se ennight, Time's
•pace is so hard that it seems the length os seven years.
Orin. Who ambles Time withal?
Rof. With a priest that lacks Latin , and a rich man
that hash not the gout : for the one sseeps easily, be-
cause he cannot study ; and the other lives merrily ,
because he feels no pain : the one lacking the burden
of lean and wastesul learning ; the other knowing no
burden of heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles
with ah
Orla. Whom doth he gallop withal ?
Ko/1 With kthief to the gallows : for tho’ he go as
softly as soot can fall, he thinks himselftoo sbon there.
Orla. Whom hays it Hill withal ?
Roj. With lawyers in the vacation : for they Heep
between term and term, and then they perceive not
how Time moves.
As you like it, ssS3. fc. 2.
The natural method of computing prestnt time,
ssic ws how sar from truth we may be led by the
irregular insluence of paslion : nor are our eyes
immediately opened when the seene is past ; for
the deception continues whi c there remain any
traces of the paslion. But looking back upon
past time when the joy or distress is no longer re-
membered, the computation is very disserent : in
that condition, we coolly and deliberately make use
of the ordinary measure, namely, the course of our
perceptions. And I ssiall now proceed to the er-
rors that tliis measure is subjefted to. Here we
must distinguish between a train of perceptions,