The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... TASTE . • 67 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , “ THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " . • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ...
... TASTE . • 67 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , “ THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " . • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ...
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... TASTE , AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS . The first edition of this work was published in 1756 ; the second with large additions , in the year 1757 . I PREFACE . HAVE endeavored to make this edition some- A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ...
... TASTE , AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS . The first edition of this work was published in 1756 ; the second with large additions , in the year 1757 . I PREFACE . HAVE endeavored to make this edition some- A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ...
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... Taste ; it is a matter curious in itself ; and it leads naturally enough to the princi- pal inquiry . This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and by increas- ing its bulk has , I am afraid , added to ...
... Taste ; it is a matter curious in itself ; and it leads naturally enough to the princi- pal inquiry . This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and by increas- ing its bulk has , I am afraid , added to ...
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... taste a sort of philosophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces and elegances of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will always have the appearance of something ...
... taste a sort of philosophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces and elegances of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will always have the appearance of something ...
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Edmund Burke. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION : On Taste SECT . PART I. PAGE 79 I. Novelty . II . Pain and Pleasure itive Pleasure . III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- • IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each ...
Edmund Burke. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION : On Taste SECT . PART I. PAGE 79 I. Novelty . II . Pain and Pleasure itive Pleasure . III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- • IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each ...
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