THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... pleasing expectations , the works themselves at last appeared in full body , and with great pomp . Those who searched in them for new discoveries in the mysteries of nature ; those who expected something which might explain or direct ...
... pleasing expectations , the works themselves at last appeared in full body , and with great pomp . Those who searched in them for new discoveries in the mysteries of nature ; those who expected something which might explain or direct ...
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... pleasing fur- prise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find fuch a plentiful harvest of reasoning , where all feemed barren and unpromif- ing . This is the fairy land of philofophy . And it very frequently ...
... pleasing fur- prise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find fuch a plentiful harvest of reasoning , where all feemed barren and unpromif- ing . This is the fairy land of philofophy . And it very frequently ...
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... pleasing subject for history . But , alas ! all the history of all times , concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten pages , though it should be spun out by the wire - drawing amplification of a Guic- ciardini ...
... pleasing subject for history . But , alas ! all the history of all times , concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten pages , though it should be spun out by the wire - drawing amplification of a Guic- ciardini ...
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... - - 179 VIII . Infinity IX . Succeffion and Uniformity X. Magnitude in Building XI . Infinity in pleasing Objects XII . Difficulty A 180 182 - 185 - 186 - 187 SECT . XIII . Magnificence XIV . Light - XV 90 CONTENTS .
... - - 179 VIII . Infinity IX . Succeffion and Uniformity X. Magnitude in Building XI . Infinity in pleasing Objects XII . Difficulty A 180 182 - 185 - 186 - 187 SECT . XIII . Magnificence XIV . Light - XV 90 CONTENTS .
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... find from the taste of some particular thing . This indeed cannot be disputed ; but we may dif- pute , and with sufficient clearness too , concern- H 3 ing ing the things which are naturally pleasing or dif . ON TASTE . 101.
... find from the taste of some particular thing . This indeed cannot be disputed ; but we may dif- pute , and with sufficient clearness too , concern- H 3 ing ing the things which are naturally pleasing or dif . ON TASTE . 101.
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