The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... relaxation , that not only disables the members from performing their functions , but takes away the vigorous tone of fibre which is requisite for carrying on the natural and necessary secretions . At the same time , that in this ...
... relaxation , that not only disables the members from performing their functions , but takes away the vigorous tone of fibre which is requisite for carrying on the natural and necessary secretions . At the same time , that in this ...
Page 269
... relaxation or rest ; but this relaxation and labour so often interrupted , is by no means productive of ease ; neither has it the effect of vigorous and uni- form labour . Whoever has remarked the different effects of some strong ...
... relaxation or rest ; but this relaxation and labour so often interrupted , is by no means productive of ease ; neither has it the effect of vigorous and uni- form labour . Whoever has remarked the different effects of some strong ...
Page 274
... relaxation to the organs of sight ; and these reliefs prevent that powerful emotion so necessary to produce the sublime . To produce therefore a perfect grandeur in such things as we have been mentioning , there should be a perfect ...
... relaxation to the organs of sight ; and these reliefs prevent that powerful emotion so necessary to produce the sublime . To produce therefore a perfect grandeur in such things as we have been mentioning , there should be a perfect ...
Page 280
... relaxation may be pro- ductive of the sublime , as well as a convulsion : but they do not , I believe , consider that although the circular ring of the iris be in some sense a sphincter , which may possibly be dilated by a simple relaxation ...
... relaxation may be pro- ductive of the sublime , as well as a convulsion : but they do not , I believe , consider that although the circular ring of the iris be in some sense a sphincter , which may possibly be dilated by a simple relaxation ...
Page 281
... on one of these vacuities , after having been kept in some degree of tension by the play of the adjacent colours uponit , it suddenly falls into a relaxation ; out of which it as suddenly into AND BEAUTIFUL . 281 The Effects of Blackness.
... on one of these vacuities , after having been kept in some degree of tension by the play of the adjacent colours uponit , it suddenly falls into a relaxation ; out of which it as suddenly into AND BEAUTIFUL . 281 The Effects of Blackness.
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