The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... idea that may serve as a standard , by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconsiderable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise ...
... idea that may serve as a standard , by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconsiderable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise ...
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... Idea of Beauty may be applied to the 172 178 • 181 184 187 187 Qualities of the Mind . 188 · · XI . How far the Idea of Beauty may be applied to Virtue XII . The Real Cause of Beauty . 190 191 XIII . Beautiful Objects Small XIV ...
... Idea of Beauty may be applied to the 172 178 • 181 184 187 187 Qualities of the Mind . 188 · · XI . How far the Idea of Beauty may be applied to Virtue XII . The Real Cause of Beauty . 190 191 XIII . Beautiful Objects Small XIV ...
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... idea in the minds of most men , and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confusion . I have no great opin- ion of a definition , the celebrated remedy for the cure of this disorder . For , when we define , we seem in danger of ...
... idea in the minds of most men , and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confusion . I have no great opin- ion of a definition , the celebrated remedy for the cure of this disorder . For , when we define , we seem in danger of ...
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... ideas to take in all that nature compre- hends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by ... idea of that word , and what is the least con- nected with any particular theory . And my point in VOL . I. this ...
... ideas to take in all that nature compre- hends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by ... idea of that word , and what is the least con- nected with any particular theory . And my point in VOL . I. this ...
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... ideas which are capable of making a powerful impression on the mind , whether simply of pain or pleasure , or of the modifications of those , may be reduced very nearly to these two heads , self - pres- ervation , and society ; to the ...
... ideas which are capable of making a powerful impression on the mind , whether simply of pain or pleasure , or of the modifications of those , may be reduced very nearly to these two heads , self - pres- ervation , and society ; to the ...
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