Patients suffering from cholera in the Jura during the 1854 epidemic, with Dr Gachet attending them. Pencil drawing by A. Gautier, 1859.

A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

Abraham and Isaac embrace in the wilderness, in the shock of their reprieve. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.

A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?

Four faces of the damned in Dante's Hell. Drawing, c. 1791.

Head of a man expressing acute pain. Pencil drawing after Charles Le Brun.

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The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.

The pathos of distance : dis-ease and eudaimonia in Nietzsche's writings / by Matthew Klinsky.

La sofferenza nei secoli / di Dietrich von Engelhardt.

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The cross in its true light; or, the weight of tribulation lessened. Set forth in seven considerations for the seven days in the week. By I. P. Pinamonti.

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The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.

The pathos of distance : dis-ease and eudaimonia in Nietzsche's writings / by Matthew Klinsky.

La sofferenza nei secoli / di Dietrich von Engelhardt.

The cross in its true light; or, the weight of tribulation lessened. Set forth in seven considerations for the seven days in the week. By I. P. Pinamonti.

A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

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The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.

The pathos of distance : dis-ease and eudaimonia in Nietzsche's writings / by Matthew Klinsky.

La sofferenza nei secoli / di Dietrich von Engelhardt.

The cross in its true light; or, the weight of tribulation lessened. Set forth in seven considerations for the seven days in the week. By I. P. Pinamonti.

A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.

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