The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 63
... darkness to the rest of mankind ) the contending parties felt themselves more effectually ruined by the delay than they could have been by the injustice of any decision . Our inheritances are become a prize for disputation ; and ...
... darkness to the rest of mankind ) the contending parties felt themselves more effectually ruined by the delay than they could have been by the injustice of any decision . Our inheritances are become a prize for disputation ; and ...
Page 66
... darkness and uncertainty of your science . I never darkened it with absurd and contradictory notions , nor confounded it with chicane and sophistry . You have excluded me from any share in the conduct of my own cause ; the science was ...
... darkness and uncertainty of your science . I never darkened it with absurd and contradictory notions , nor confounded it with chicane and sophistry . You have excluded me from any share in the conduct of my own cause ; the science was ...
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 .
Page 93
... Darkness terrible in its own nature 278 • · XVI . Why Darkness is terrible • 279 XVII . The Effects of Blackness 281 XVIII . The Effects of Blackness moderated XIX . The physical cause of Love XX . Why Smoothness is Beautiful XXI ...
... Darkness terrible in its own nature 278 • · XVI . Why Darkness is terrible • 279 XVII . The Effects of Blackness 281 XVIII . The Effects of Blackness moderated XIX . The physical cause of Love XX . Why Smoothness is Beautiful XXI ...
Page 102
... darkness . Summer , when the earth is clad in green , when the heavens are serene and bright , is more agreeable than winter , when every thing makes a different appearance . I never remember that any thing beautiful , whether a man , a ...
... darkness . Summer , when the earth is clad in green , when the heavens are serene and bright , is more agreeable than winter , when every thing makes a different appearance . I never remember that any thing beautiful , whether a man , a ...
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