 The satisfaction has been commonly attributed, first to the comfort we receive in considering that so melancholy a story is no more than a fiction ; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom from the evils which we see represented.  An Appeal to the Loyal Citizens of Dublin - Page 43by Freeman of Dublin - 1800 - 41 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...first, to the comfort we receive in considering that so melancholy a story is no more than a fiction ; and, next, to the contemplation of our own freedom from the evils which we see represented. I am afraid it is a practice much too common in inquiries of this nature, to attribute... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1764 - 458 pages
...the comfGrt We receive to conffdefifig that fo fhelaftciioly a ftbry is no itoofe than a fictiofi; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom from the evils whichwe fee reprefented. I am afraid it is a practice rfnich too common in inquiries of this nature,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1767 - 368 pages
...firft, to the comfort we receive in confidering that fo melancholy a ftory is no more than a fiction ; and next, to the contemplation of our o-wn freedom...reprefented. I am afraid it is a practice much too common in inquiries of this nature, to attribute the caufe of feelings which merely arife from the mechanical... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1776 - 368 pages
...firft, to the comfort we receive in confidering that fo melancholy a ftory is no more than a fiction ; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom...evils which we fee reprefented. I am afraid it is a prac», tice much too common in enquiries of this nature, to attribute the caufe of feel-, ings which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1787 - 368 pages
...fi.rft, to the comfort we receive in confidering that to melancholy a ftory is no more than a fiction ; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom...of feelings which merely arife from the mechanical ftrudture of our bodies, or from the natural frame and conftitution of our minds, to certain conclufions... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...firft, to the comfort we receive in confidering that fo melancholy a ftory is no more than a fiction; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom...of feelings which merely arife from the mechanical VOL. I. P ftructure ftructure of our bodies, or from the natural frame and conftitution of our minds,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...firft, to the comfort we receive in confulering that fo melancholy a (tory is no more than a fiction; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom...of feelings which merely arife from the mechanical VOL. I. P ftructure ftructure of our bodies, or from the natural frame and conflitution of our minds,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...moré than a fnflion; and next, the contemplation of our own freedom from the evils we fee represented. I am afraid it is a practice much too common, in enquiries of this nature, to attribute the cauÍL- <if feelings which ineie'y arife from the mechanical llruclnre of our bodies, or from the natural... | |
 | 1797 - 332 pages
...firft, to the comfort we receive in confidering that fo melancholy a ttory is no more than a fifllon ; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom from the evils which we fee reprefented. But I believe the nearer any tragedy approaches to reality, and the further it removes us from any... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...fiction ; and next, to the contemplation of our own freedom from the evils which we see represented. I am afraid it is a practice much too common in enquiries of this nature, to attribute the cause of feelings which merely arise from the mechanical structure of our bodies, or from the natural... | |
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