The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... TASTE . · • 67 263 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , “ THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " • • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ...
... TASTE . · • 67 263 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , “ THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " • • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ...
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... TASTE , AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS . The first edition of this work was published in 1756 ; the second . with large additions , in the year 1757 . PREFACE . I HAVE endeavored to make this edition some- PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY ...
... TASTE , AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS . The first edition of this work was published in 1756 ; the second . with large additions , in the year 1757 . PREFACE . I HAVE endeavored to make this edition some- PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY ...
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... Taste ; it is a matter curious in itself ; and it leads naturally enough to the princi- pal inquiry . This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and by increas- ing its bulk has , I am afraid , added to ...
... Taste ; it is a matter curious in itself ; and it leads naturally enough to the princi- pal inquiry . This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and by increas- ing its bulk has , I am afraid , added to ...
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... taste a sort of philosophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces and elegances of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will always have the appearance of something ...
... taste a sort of philosophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces and elegances of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will always have the appearance of something ...
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Edmund Burke. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION : On Taste SECT . PART I. PAGE 79 I. Novelty . 101 II . Pain and Pleasure 102 III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- itive Pleasure . 104 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed ...
Edmund Burke. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION : On Taste SECT . PART I. PAGE 79 I. Novelty . 101 II . Pain and Pleasure 102 III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- itive Pleasure . 104 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed ...
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