The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... where all seemed barren and unpromis- ing . This is the fairy land of philosophy . And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing im- pressions B 3 pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
... where all seemed barren and unpromis- ing . This is the fairy land of philosophy . And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing im- pressions B 3 pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
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Edmund Burke. pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods , that daz- zles the ...
Edmund Burke. pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods , that daz- zles the ...
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... imaginations promise . In such a discussion , far am I from proposing in the least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would in the freer parts of my philosophical writings , mean to object to the piety ...
... imaginations promise . In such a discussion , far am I from proposing in the least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would in the freer parts of my philosophical writings , mean to object to the piety ...
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... imagination with the image of a sort of complex Nero ? And does it not strike you with the greater horrour , when you observe , not one man only , but a whole city , grown drunk with pride and power , running with a rage of folly into ...
... imagination with the image of a sort of complex Nero ? And does it not strike you with the greater horrour , when you observe , not one man only , but a whole city , grown drunk with pride and power , running with a rage of folly into ...
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... imaginations , for the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans , from the real known consequences which have resulted from them . They have inlisted reason to fight against itself , and employ its whole force to ...
... imaginations , for the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans , from the real known consequences which have resulted from them . They have inlisted reason to fight against itself , and employ its whole force to ...
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