THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... itself ; and that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reafon and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which some men have affaulted revealed religion P religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 ...
... itself ; and that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reafon and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which some men have affaulted revealed religion P religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 ...
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... itself is too active and restless a principle ever to settle on the true point of quiet . It discovers every day fome craving want in a body , which really wants but little . It every day invents fome new artificial rule to guide that ...
... itself is too active and restless a principle ever to settle on the true point of quiet . It discovers every day fome craving want in a body , which really wants but little . It every day invents fome new artificial rule to guide that ...
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... itself , the foundation of virtue , and confe- quently , the only measures of happiness , should be likewife the only measures by which we should di- rect our reasoning . To thefe we fhould conform in good earneft ; and not think to ...
... itself , the foundation of virtue , and confe- quently , the only measures of happiness , should be likewife the only measures by which we should di- rect our reasoning . To thefe we fhould conform in good earneft ; and not think to ...
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... . In looking over any ftate to form a judgment on it ; it presents itself in two lights , the external and the internal . The firft , that relation which it it bears in point of friendship or enmity to other NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
... . In looking over any ftate to form a judgment on it ; it presents itself in two lights , the external and the internal . The firft , that relation which it it bears in point of friendship or enmity to other NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
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... itself ; and presented a scene of cruelties and treasons enough almost to obliterate the memory of all the external devastations . I intended , my Lord , to have pro- ceeded in a fort of method in eftimating the num- bers of mankind cut ...
... itself ; and presented a scene of cruelties and treasons enough almost to obliterate the memory of all the external devastations . I intended , my Lord , to have pro- ceeded in a fort of method in eftimating the num- bers of mankind cut ...
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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