The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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... force may beat or rob me ; but then it is true that I am at full liberty to defend myself , or make reprisal by surprise or by cunning , or by any other way in which I may be superior to him . But in political society a rich man may rob ...
... force may beat or rob me ; but then it is true that I am at full liberty to defend myself , or make reprisal by surprise or by cunning , or by any other way in which I may be superior to him . But in political society a rich man may rob ...
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... force of imitation in his Poetics that it makes any further discourse upon this subject the less necessary . SECTION XVII AMBITION Although imitation is one of the great instruments used by Providence in bringing our nature towards its ...
... force of imitation in his Poetics that it makes any further discourse upon this subject the less necessary . SECTION XVII AMBITION Although imitation is one of the great instruments used by Providence in bringing our nature towards its ...
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... force to the simple object . In painting we may represent any fine figure we please , but we never can give it those enlivening touches which it may receive from words . To represent an angel in a picture , you can only draw a beautiful ...
... force to the simple object . In painting we may represent any fine figure we please , but we never can give it those enlivening touches which it may receive from words . To represent an angel in a picture , you can only draw a beautiful ...
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