The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... continued with much fury , and with various success . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the expedition ; an expedition which , at this rate , must have cost two millions of souls on ...
... continued with much fury , and with various success . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the expedition ; an expedition which , at this rate , must have cost two millions of souls on ...
Page 76
... continued V. Power • 133 134 138 · VI . Privation VII . Vastness VIII . Infinity • • IX . Succession and Uniformity X. Magnitude in Building XI . Infinity in Pleasing Objects XII . Difficulty • XIII . Magnificence 146 147 148 49 152 ...
... continued V. Power • 133 134 138 · VI . Privation VII . Vastness VIII . Infinity • • IX . Succession and Uniformity X. Magnitude in Building XI . Infinity in Pleasing Objects XII . Difficulty • XIII . Magnificence 146 147 148 49 152 ...
Page 77
... Continued 212 V. How the Sublime is produced 214 • VI . How Pain can be a Cause of Delight 215 VII . Exercise necessary for the Finer Organs 216 • VIII . Why Things not Dangerous sometimes produce a Passion like Terror 217 IX . Why ...
... Continued 212 V. How the Sublime is produced 214 • VI . How Pain can be a Cause of Delight 215 VII . Exercise necessary for the Finer Organs 216 • VIII . Why Things not Dangerous sometimes produce a Passion like Terror 217 IX . Why ...
Page 108
... continued a proper time , the effect is indifference ; if it be abruptly broken off , there ensues an uneasy sense called disappointment ; if the object be so totally lost that there is no chance of enjoying it again , a passion arises ...
... continued a proper time , the effect is indifference ; if it be abruptly broken off , there ensues an uneasy sense called disappointment ; if the object be so totally lost that there is no chance of enjoying it again , a passion arises ...
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... CONTINUED . THERE are two verses in Horace's Art of Poetry that seem to contradict this opinion ; for which rea- son I shall take a little more pains in clearing it up . The verses are , Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures , Quam ...
... CONTINUED . THERE are two verses in Horace's Art of Poetry that seem to contradict this opinion ; for which rea- son I shall take a little more pains in clearing it up . The verses are , Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures , Quam ...
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