The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 59
... emotion , be- cause we have grown up in the constant view of such practices ; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor , with as much indifference as if the most ordinary favour were asked ; and we ...
... emotion , be- cause we have grown up in the constant view of such practices ; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor , with as much indifference as if the most ordinary favour were asked ; and we ...
Page 121
... emotion which we discover in the human mind , is Curiosity . By curiosity , I mean whatever desire we have for , or whatever pleasure we take in , novelty . We see children perpetually running from place to place , to hunt out something ...
... emotion which we discover in the human mind , is Curiosity . By curiosity , I mean whatever desire we have for , or whatever pleasure we take in , novelty . We see children perpetually running from place to place , to hunt out something ...
Page 127
... emotion , the mind naturally continues in something like the same condition , after the cause which first pro- duced it has ceased to operate . The tossing of - the sea remains after the storm ; and when this remain of horrour has ...
... emotion , the mind naturally continues in something like the same condition , after the cause which first pro- duced it has ceased to operate . The tossing of - the sea remains after the storm ; and when this remain of horrour has ...
Page 132
... emotions of horrour ; but life and health , though they put us in a capacity of being affected with pleasure , they make no such impres- sion by the simple enjoyment . The passions there- fore which are conversant about the preservation ...
... emotions of horrour ; but life and health , though they put us in a capacity of being affected with pleasure , they make no such impres- sion by the simple enjoyment . The passions there- fore which are conversant about the preservation ...
Page 133
... emotion which the mind is capable of feeling . I say the strongest emotion , because I am satisfied the ideas of pain are much more powerful than those which enter on the part of pleasure . Without all doubt , the torments which we may ...
... emotion which the mind is capable of feeling . I say the strongest emotion , because I am satisfied the ideas of pain are much more powerful than those which enter on the part of pleasure . Without all doubt , the torments which we may ...
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