The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page xviii
... previous to that Session of Parliament when His Majesty for the first time declared , that the appearance of any disposition in the enemy to negociate for general general peace , should not fail to be met with xviii ADVERTISEMENT .
... previous to that Session of Parliament when His Majesty for the first time declared , that the appearance of any disposition in the enemy to negociate for general general peace , should not fail to be met with xviii ADVERTISEMENT .
Page 31
... dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever she intended we should use . It is an incontestable truth , that there is more havock made in one year by men of men , than has been made by all the lions , tygers , pan- thers ...
... dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever she intended we should use . It is an incontestable truth , that there is more havock made in one year by men of men , than has been made by all the lions , tygers , pan- thers ...
Page 100
... disposition , a sweet person , a sweet condition , and the like . It is confessed , that custom and some other causes have made many deviations from the natural pleasures or pains which belong to these several tastes ; but then the ...
... disposition , a sweet person , a sweet condition , and the like . It is confessed , that custom and some other causes have made many deviations from the natural pleasures or pains which belong to these several tastes ; but then the ...
Page 105
... disposition of those ideas which it has received from the senses . Now the imagination is the most extensive province of pleasure and pain , as it is the region of our fears and our hopes , and of all our passions that are connected ...
... disposition of those ideas which it has received from the senses . Now the imagination is the most extensive province of pleasure and pain , as it is the region of our fears and our hopes , and of all our passions that are connected ...
Page 119
... disposition , where decorum , where con- gruity are concerned , in short , wherever the best taste differs from the worst , I am convinced that the understanding operates , and nothing else ; and its operation is in reality far from ...
... disposition , where decorum , where con- gruity are concerned , in short , wherever the best taste differs from the worst , I am convinced that the understanding operates , and nothing else ; and its operation is in reality far from ...
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