The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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... human reason , and productive of in- finitely more mischief to the human race . If pretended revelations have caused wars where they were opposed , and slavery where they were received , the pretended wise inventions of politicians have ...
... human reason , and productive of in- finitely more mischief to the human race . If pretended revelations have caused wars where they were opposed , and slavery where they were received , the pretended wise inventions of politicians have ...
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Edmund Burke. SECTION IV PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN THE HUMAN SPECIES There are some parts of the human body that are observed to hold certain proportions to each other ; but before it can be proved that the efficient cause of ...
Edmund Burke. SECTION IV PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN THE HUMAN SPECIES There are some parts of the human body that are observed to hold certain proportions to each other ; but before it can be proved that the efficient cause of ...
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... human figure never supplied the architect with any of his ideas . For , in the first place , men are very rarely seen in this strained posture ; it is not natural to them , neither is it at all becoming . Secondly , the view of the human ...
... human figure never supplied the architect with any of his ideas . For , in the first place , men are very rarely seen in this strained posture ; it is not natural to them , neither is it at all becoming . Secondly , the view of the human ...
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