The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... occasion . I can never believe , that any institution agreeable to nature , and proper for mankind , could find it necessary , or even expedient in any case whatsoever , 0 . whatsoever , to do , what the best 34 A VINDICATION OF.
... occasion . I can never believe , that any institution agreeable to nature , and proper for mankind , could find it necessary , or even expedient in any case whatsoever , 0 . whatsoever , to do , what the best 34 A VINDICATION OF.
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... agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and never satisfying . What is worse , this constant applica- tion to ...
... agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and never satisfying . What is worse , this constant applica- tion to ...
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... the taste of some particular thing . This indeed cannot be disputed ; but we may dis- pute , and with sufficient clearness too , concerning H 3 the the things which are naturally pleasing or dis- agreeable to ON TASTE . 101.
... the taste of some particular thing . This indeed cannot be disputed ; but we may dis- pute , and with sufficient clearness too , concerning H 3 the the things which are naturally pleasing or dis- agreeable to ON TASTE . 101.
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... agreeable than winter , when every thing makes a different appearance . I never remember that any thing beautiful , whether a man , a beast , a bird , or a plant , was ever shewn , though it were to an hundred people , that they did not ...
... agreeable than winter , when every thing makes a different appearance . I never remember that any thing beautiful , whether a man , a beast , a bird , or a plant , was ever shewn , though it were to an hundred people , that they did not ...
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... agreeable effect , has made the taste itself at last agreeable . But this does not in the least perplex our reasoning ; because we distin- guish to the last the acquired from the natural relish . In describing the taste of an unknown ...
... agreeable effect , has made the taste itself at last agreeable . But this does not in the least perplex our reasoning ; because we distin- guish to the last the acquired from the natural relish . In describing the taste of an unknown ...
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