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Edmund Burke. UNIVERSITY PRESS : JOHN WILSON & SON , CAMBRIDGE . LA 506 .B8 1884 V.1 5723-41 CONTENTS OF VOL . L ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER Pain and Pleasure.
Edmund Burke. UNIVERSITY PRESS : JOHN WILSON & SON , CAMBRIDGE . LA 506 .B8 1884 V.1 5723-41 CONTENTS OF VOL . L ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER Pain and Pleasure.
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... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are suf- ficient almost to level their condition to that of the unhappy ...
... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are suf- ficient almost to level their condition to that of the unhappy ...
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... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleas- ures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favor of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleas- ures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favor of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
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... many the property of the few ; if it has introduced labors unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it abridges the 62 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... many the property of the few ; if it has introduced labors unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it abridges the 62 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... Pleasure itive Pleasure . III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- • IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other V. Joy and Grief • VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - Preservation VII . Of the ...
... Pleasure itive Pleasure . III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- • IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other V. Joy and Grief • VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - Preservation VII . Of the ...
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