The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we could establish no principle until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or description to be found in poets and ...
Edmund Burke. of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we could establish no principle until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or description to be found in poets and ...
Page 92
... The artificial Infinite . 268 • 270 XII . The Vibrations must be similar 272 XIII . The Effects of Succession in visual ob- jects explained 273 • SECT . XIV . Locke's Opinion concerning Darkness considered PAGE 92 CONTENTS .
... The artificial Infinite . 268 • 270 XII . The Vibrations must be similar 272 XIII . The Effects of Succession in visual ob- jects explained 273 • SECT . XIV . Locke's Opinion concerning Darkness considered PAGE 92 CONTENTS .
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... infinite variety of causes , which give rise to madness : but this at most can only prove , that the passion of love is capable of producing very extraordinary effects , not that its extraordinary emotions have any connexion with ...
... infinite variety of causes , which give rise to madness : but this at most can only prove , that the passion of love is capable of producing very extraordinary effects , not that its extraordinary emotions have any connexion with ...
Page 152
... to Him , nor unproductive to ourselves of that noble and uncommon union of science and admiration , which a contemplation of the works of infinite wisdom alone can afford to a rational mind : whilst wisdom 152 ON THE SUBLIME.
... to Him , nor unproductive to ourselves of that noble and uncommon union of science and admiration , which a contemplation of the works of infinite wisdom alone can afford to a rational mind : whilst wisdom 152 ON THE SUBLIME.
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... infinite attention , by what a disregard of every perishable object , through what long habits of piety and contemplation it is that any man is able to attain an entire love and devotion to the Deity , will easily perceive , that it is ...
... infinite attention , by what a disregard of every perishable object , through what long habits of piety and contemplation it is that any man is able to attain an entire love and devotion to the Deity , will easily perceive , that it is ...
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