The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... delight can a man find in employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which , if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to ...
... delight can a man find in employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which , if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to ...
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... Pleasure 125 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other 128 V. Joy and Grief 130 VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - pre- servation - 132 VII . Of the Sublime - 133 SECT . ( PAGE VIII . Of the Passions which.
... Pleasure 125 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other 128 V. Joy and Grief 130 VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - pre- servation - 132 VII . Of the Sublime - 133 SECT . ( PAGE VIII . Of the Passions which.
Page 92
... Delight VII . Exercise necessary for the finer Organs , - 263 265 VIII . Why things not dangerous sometimes produce a passion like Terrour 266 IX . Why Visual Objects of great dimensions are Sublime - 267 X. Unity , why requisite to ...
... Delight VII . Exercise necessary for the finer Organs , - 263 265 VIII . Why things not dangerous sometimes produce a passion like Terrour 266 IX . Why Visual Objects of great dimensions are Sublime - 267 X. Unity , why requisite to ...
Page 103
... delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing stupefaction . Fermented spirits please our common people , because they banish care , and all consideration of future or present evils . All of these would lie absolutely ...
... delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing stupefaction . Fermented spirits please our common people , because they banish care , and all consideration of future or present evils . All of these would lie absolutely ...
Page 128
... DELIGHT AND PLEASURE , AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER . BUT shall we therefore say , that the removal of pain or its diminution is always simply painful ? or affirm that the cessation or the lessening of plea- sure is always attended itself ...
... DELIGHT AND PLEASURE , AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER . BUT shall we therefore say , that the removal of pain or its diminution is always simply painful ? or affirm that the cessation or the lessening of plea- sure is always attended itself ...
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