THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page v
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . THE late Mr. Burke , from a principle of TH unaffected humility , which they , who were the most intimately acquainted with his character , best know to have been in his efti- mation one of the most ...
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . THE late Mr. Burke , from a principle of TH unaffected humility , which they , who were the most intimately acquainted with his character , best know to have been in his efti- mation one of the most ...
Page xii
... principles which it con- tained . The Author , therefore , discovering that , with the exception of the introductory letter , he had not in fact kept any clean copy , as he had fuppofed , corrected one of the pamphlets with his own hand ...
... principles which it con- tained . The Author , therefore , discovering that , with the exception of the introductory letter , he had not in fact kept any clean copy , as he had fuppofed , corrected one of the pamphlets with his own hand ...
Page 10
... 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 nature which , if left to itself ...
... 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 nature which , if left to itself ...
Page 19
... principle of action , but a blind obedience to the paffions of their ruler . The next perfonage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- menfe and ...
... principle of action , but a blind obedience to the paffions of their ruler . The next perfonage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- menfe and ...
Page 38
... principle . It has been re- marked , that there is no prince fo bad , whofe fa- vourites and minifters are not worse . There is hardly any prince without a favourite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he go- verns the ...
... principle . It has been re- marked , that there is no prince fo bad , whofe fa- vourites and minifters are not worse . There is hardly any prince without a favourite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he go- verns the ...
Contents
194 | |
195 | |
196 | |
197 | |
198 | |
200 | |
203 | |
205 | |
210 | |
212 | |
220 | |
222 | |
227 | |
230 | |
231 | |
232 | |
281 | |
284 | |
285 | |
287 | |
288 | |
290 | |
293 | |
295 | |
299 | |
301 | |
302 | |
305 | |
306 | |
308 | |
316 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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