The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... delight can a man find in employing a ca- pacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to ...
... delight can a man find in employing a ca- pacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to ...
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... • 125 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other 128 • V. Joy and Grief 130 VI . preservation Of the Passions which belong to Self- VII . Of the Sublime 132 • 133 · · XII . Sympathy , Imitation , and Ambition XIII.
... • 125 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other 128 • V. Joy and Grief 130 VI . preservation Of the Passions which belong to Self- VII . Of the Sublime 132 • 133 · · XII . Sympathy , Imitation , and Ambition XIII.
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... Delight VII . Exercise necessary for the finer Organs VIII . Why things not dangerous sometimes produce a passion like Terrour IX . Why visual Objects of great dimensions are sublime 265 266 267 • X. XI . Unity , why requisite to ...
... Delight VII . Exercise necessary for the finer Organs VIII . Why things not dangerous sometimes produce a passion like Terrour IX . Why visual Objects of great dimensions are sublime 265 266 267 • X. XI . Unity , why requisite to ...
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... delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing stupefaction . Fermented spirits please our common people , because they banish care , and all consideration of future or present evils . All of these would lie absolutely ...
... delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing stupefaction . Fermented spirits please our common people , because they banish care , and all consideration of future or present evils . All of these would lie absolutely ...
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... DELIGHT AND PLEASURE , AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER . no means . BUT shall we therefore say , that the removal of pain or its diminution is always simply painful ? or affirm that the cessation or the lessening of plea- sure is always ...
... DELIGHT AND PLEASURE , AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER . no means . BUT shall we therefore say , that the removal of pain or its diminution is always simply painful ? or affirm that the cessation or the lessening of plea- sure is always ...
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