THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... ftriking , more terrible , than the liveliest description , than the clearest painting , could poffibly represent it ? When painters have attempted to give us clear representations of these very fanciful and terrible ideas , they have ...
... ftriking , more terrible , than the liveliest description , than the clearest painting , could poffibly represent it ? When painters have attempted to give us clear representations of these very fanciful and terrible ideas , they have ...
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... ftriking instances of the possibility there is , that a man may hear words without having any idea of the things which they reprefent , and yet afterwards be capable of returning them to others , combined in a new way , and with great ...
... ftriking instances of the possibility there is , that a man may hear words without having any idea of the things which they reprefent , and yet afterwards be capable of returning them to others , combined in a new way , and with great ...
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