The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 91
... Beauty 222 VII . The real Effects of Fitness 227 VIII . The Recapitulation 230 IX . Perfection not the cause of Beauty 231 X. How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- plied to the Qualities of the Mind 232 • XI . How far the idea of Beauty ...
... Beauty 222 VII . The real Effects of Fitness 227 VIII . The Recapitulation 230 IX . Perfection not the cause of Beauty 231 X. How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- plied to the Qualities of the Mind 232 • XI . How far the idea of Beauty ...
Page 138
... idea of some social qualities , which direct and heighten the appetite which he has in common with all other animals ... beauty of the sex . Men are carried to the sex in general , as it is the sex , and by the common law of nature ; but they ...
... idea of some social qualities , which direct and heighten the appetite which he has in common with all other animals ... beauty of the sex . Men are carried to the sex in general , as it is the sex , and by the common law of nature ; but they ...
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... beauty of women . The other is the great society with man and all other animals . The passion subservient to this is ... idea of its object is excited in the mind with an idea at the same time of having irretrievably lost it . This ...
... beauty of women . The other is the great society with man and all other animals . The passion subservient to this is ... idea of its object is excited in the mind with an idea at the same time of having irretrievably lost it . This ...
Page 205
... BEAUTY hath usually been said to consist in certain proportions of parts . On considering the matter , I have great reason to doubt , whether beauty be at all an idea ... idea of order seems to do ; and it must therefore be considered as ...
... BEAUTY hath usually been said to consist in certain proportions of parts . On considering the matter , I have great reason to doubt , whether beauty be at all an idea ... idea of order seems to do ; and it must therefore be considered as ...
Page 206
... beauty is no idea belonging to mensuration ; nor has it any thing to do with calculation and geometry . If it had , we might then point out some certain measures which we could demonstrate to be beautiful , either as simply considered ...
... beauty is no idea belonging to mensuration ; nor has it any thing to do with calculation and geometry . If it had , we might then point out some certain measures which we could demonstrate to be beautiful , either as simply considered ...
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