The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 72
... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care , and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleep- less nights , are next to proverbial . These circum- stances are sufficient almost to level their condition to that of the unhappy ...
... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care , and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleep- less nights , are next to proverbial . These circum- stances are sufficient almost to level their condition to that of the unhappy ...
Page 74
... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
Page 89
... Pleasure III . The Difference between the removal of Pain and positive Pleasure 123 • 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 ...
... Pleasure III . The Difference between the removal of Pain and positive Pleasure 123 • 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 ...
Page 95
... pleasures : but notwithstand- ing this difference , which I think to be rather ap- parent than real , it is probable that the standard both of reason and taste is the same in all human creatures . For if there were not some principles ...
... pleasures : but notwithstand- ing this difference , which I think to be rather ap- parent than real , it is probable that the standard both of reason and taste is the same in all human creatures . For if there were not some principles ...
Page 99
... little doubt that bodies present similar images to the whole species , it must necessarily be allowed , that the pleasures and the pains which every object excites in one H 2 man , ་ man , it must raise in all mankind , ON TASTE . 99.
... little doubt that bodies present similar images to the whole species , it must necessarily be allowed , that the pleasures and the pains which every object excites in one H 2 man , ་ man , it must raise in all mankind , ON TASTE . 99.
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