The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 55
... arises , how to be defended against the governours ? Quis , custodiet ipsos custodes ? In vain they change from a single person to a few . These few have the passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure ...
... arises , how to be defended against the governours ? Quis , custodiet ipsos custodes ? In vain they change from a single person to a few . These few have the passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure ...
Page 111
... , nor in the causes of the affection ; but in the degree . there is a difference , which arises from two causes principally ; either from a greater degree of natural natural sensibility , or from a closer and longer attention ON TASTE .
... , nor in the causes of the affection ; but in the degree . there is a difference , which arises from two causes principally ; either from a greater degree of natural natural sensibility , or from a closer and longer attention ON TASTE .
Page 112
... arises , to settle the point , if the excess or diminution be not glaring . If we differ in opinion about two quantities , we can have recourse to a common measure , which may decide the question with the utmost exactness ; and this , I ...
... arises , to settle the point , if the excess or diminution be not glaring . If we differ in opinion about two quantities , we can have recourse to a common measure , which may decide the question with the utmost exactness ; and this , I ...
Page 115
... arises a want of taste ; a weak- ness in the latter constitutes a wrong or a bad one . There are some men formed with feelings so blunt , with tempers so cold and phlegmatick , that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole ...
... arises a want of taste ; a weak- ness in the latter constitutes a wrong or a bad one . There are some men formed with feelings so blunt , with tempers so cold and phlegmatick , that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole ...
Page 116
... arise from a natural weak- ness of understanding ( in whatever the strength of that faculty may consist ) , or , which is much more commonly the case , it may arise from a want of a proper and well - directed exercise , which alone can ...
... arise from a natural weak- ness of understanding ( in whatever the strength of that faculty may consist ) , or , which is much more commonly the case , it may arise from a want of a proper and well - directed exercise , which alone can ...
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