The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 86
... qualities which I have ranged under the head of the Sublime be all found consistent with each other , and all differ- ent from those which I place under the head of Beauty ; and if those which compose the class of the Beautiful have the ...
... qualities which I have ranged under the head of the Sublime be all found consistent with each other , and all differ- ent from those which I place under the head of Beauty ; and if those which compose the class of the Beautiful have the ...
Page 91
... Qualities of the Mind How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- 231 • 232 plied to Virtue 234 • XII . The real cause of Beauty 235 • XIII . Beautiful Objects small 236 • XIV . Smoothness : 237 SECT . PAGE XXI . Ugliness XV . Gradual ...
... Qualities of the Mind How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- 231 • 232 plied to Virtue 234 • XII . The real cause of Beauty 235 • XIII . Beautiful Objects small 236 • XIV . Smoothness : 237 SECT . PAGE XXI . Ugliness XV . Gradual ...
Page 99
... qualities and affections of bodies . If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men different images of things , this scepti- cal proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and ...
... qualities and affections of bodies . If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men different images of things , this scepti- cal proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and ...
Page 100
... qualities in those objects , they do not in the least differ concerning their effects with regard to pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant , and sourness and bitterness unpleasant . Here there is no diversity ...
... qualities in those objects , they do not in the least differ concerning their effects with regard to pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant , and sourness and bitterness unpleasant . Here there is no diversity ...
Page 103
... qualities which they pos- sess for nutritive or medicinal purposes , they often form the palate by degrees , and by force of these associations . Thus opium is pleasing to Turks , on account of the agreeable delirium it produces ...
... qualities which they pos- sess for nutritive or medicinal purposes , they often form the palate by degrees , and by force of these associations . Thus opium is pleasing to Turks , on account of the agreeable delirium it produces ...
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