The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... agreeable to nature , and proper for mankind , could find it necessary , or even expedient , in any case whatsoever , to do what the best and worthiest in- stincts of mankind warn us to avoid . But no won- der , that what is set up in ...
... agreeable to nature , and proper for mankind , could find it necessary , or even expedient , in any case whatsoever , to do what the best and worthiest in- stincts of mankind warn us to avoid . But no won- der , that what is set up in ...
Page 61
... agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favor of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and never satisfying . What is worse , this constant application to ...
... agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favor of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and never satisfying . What is worse , this constant application to ...
Page 84
... agreeable than winter , when everything makes a different appearance . I never remember that any- thing beautiful , whether a man , a beast , a bird , or a plant , was ever shown , though it were to 84 INTRODUCTION .
... agreeable than winter , when everything makes a different appearance . I never remember that any- thing beautiful , whether a man , a beast , a bird , or a plant , was ever shown , though it were to 84 INTRODUCTION .
Page 85
... agreeable delirium it pro- duces . Tobacco is the delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing ... agreeable effect , has made the taste itself at last agreeable . But this does not in the least perplex ON TASTE . 85.
... agreeable delirium it pro- duces . Tobacco is the delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing ... agreeable effect , has made the taste itself at last agreeable . But this does not in the least perplex ON TASTE . 85.
Page 86
Edmund Burke. agreeable . But this does not in the least perplex our reasoning ; because we distinguish to the last the acquired from the natural relish . In describing the taste of an unknown fruit , you would scarcely say that it had a ...
Edmund Burke. agreeable . But this does not in the least perplex our reasoning ; because we distinguish to the last the acquired from the natural relish . In describing the taste of an unknown fruit , you would scarcely say that it had a ...
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