THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... state ; and feveral heroes of the Revolution , who are there celebrated , having in the interval paffed off the publick stage , a greater liberty of insertion and alteration than his friends on confideration have thought allowable ...
... state ; and feveral heroes of the Revolution , who are there celebrated , having in the interval paffed off the publick stage , a greater liberty of insertion and alteration than his friends on confideration have thought allowable ...
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... state of literature and the elegant arts . Such a fubject of biography cannot be difmiffed with a flight and rapid touch ; nor can it be treated in a manner worthy of it , from the information , however authentick and extenfive , which ...
... state of literature and the elegant arts . Such a fubject of biography cannot be difmiffed with a flight and rapid touch ; nor can it be treated in a manner worthy of it , from the information , however authentick and extenfive , which ...
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... state of nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample fubject for declamation ; but they do not confider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilft they oppofe every ...
... state of nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample fubject for declamation ; but they do not confider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilft they oppofe every ...
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... state produced them berries , in its decay gave them an habitation . The mutual defires of the fexes uniting their bodies and affections , and the children , which are the refults of these intercourfes , introduced firft the notion of ...
... state produced them berries , in its decay gave them an habitation . The mutual defires of the fexes uniting their bodies and affections , and the children , which are the refults of these intercourfes , introduced firft the notion of ...
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... state of blindness and slavery ; and much is it to be feared that we fhall perpe- tually relapfe , whilst the real productive cause of all this fuperftitious folly , enthusiastical nonsense , and holy tyranny , holds a reverend place in ...
... state of blindness and slavery ; and much is it to be feared that we fhall perpe- tually relapfe , whilst the real productive cause of all this fuperftitious folly , enthusiastical nonsense , and holy tyranny , holds a reverend place in ...
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affected affociation againſt agreeable almoſt arifes beauty becauſe befides beſt body cafe caufe cauſe colours confequently confider confiderable confiftent darkneſs defcription defigned degree difpofition diftinct diftinguiſh diſcover faid fame fect feems fenfes fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince fions firft firſt fmooth fociety fome fomething fpecies ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftriking ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure fweet greateſt himſelf horrour idea images imagination impreffion itſelf juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs mankind manner meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferved object occafions ourſelves paffions pain perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent principles produce proportion purpoſe qualities raiſed reafon refult reprefented reſemblance SECT ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate tafte taſte tenfion terrour thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural underſtanding uſe whilft words