The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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Page 115
... equal degrees of suffering or enjoyment are in any sort equal , the idea of the suffering must always be prevalent . And , indeed , the ideas of pain , and above all of death , are so very affecting that whilst we remain in the presence ...
... equal degrees of suffering or enjoyment are in any sort equal , the idea of the suffering must always be prevalent . And , indeed , the ideas of pain , and above all of death , are so very affecting that whilst we remain in the presence ...
Page 149
... usual , we say he is deformed in that part , because men are not commonly made in that manner . But surely every hour's experience may convince us , that a man may have his legs of an equal ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL 149.
... usual , we say he is deformed in that part , because men are not commonly made in that manner . But surely every hour's experience may convince us , that a man may have his legs of an equal ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL 149.
Page 183
... equal number of rays , or an equal quantity of luminous particles to strike the eye at all times , yet if these rays frequently vary their nature , now to blue , now to red , and so on , or their manner of termination , as to a number ...
... equal number of rays , or an equal quantity of luminous particles to strike the eye at all times , yet if these rays frequently vary their nature , now to blue , now to red , and so on , or their manner of termination , as to a number ...
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