The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 90
... Imitation , and Ambition - 140 XIII . Sympathy - - - ibid . XIV . The Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of others - - 142 XV . Of the Effects of Tragedy - - - 144 XVI . Imitation XVII . Ambition XVIII . Recapitulation - - - 147 ...
... Imitation , and Ambition - 140 XIII . Sympathy - - - ibid . XIV . The Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of others - - 142 XV . Of the Effects of Tragedy - - - 144 XVI . Imitation XVII . Ambition XVIII . Recapitulation - - - 147 ...
Page 105
... imitation has to the original : the imagination , I conceive , can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes . And these causes operate pretty uniformly upon all men , because they operate by principles in ...
... imitation has to the original : the imagination , I conceive , can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes . And these causes operate pretty uniformly upon all men , because they operate by principles in ...
Page 114
... imitation . Indeed it is for the most part in our skill in manners , and in the observances of time and place , and of decency in general , which is only to be learned in those schools to which Horace recommends us , that what is called ...
... imitation . Indeed it is for the most part in our skill in manners , and in the observances of time and place , and of decency in general , which is only to be learned in those schools to which Horace recommends us , that what is called ...
Page 140
... IMITATION , AND AMBITION . UNDER this denomination of society , the passions are of a complicated kind , and branch out into a variety of forms agreeable to that variety of ends they are to serve in the great chain of society . The ...
... IMITATION , AND AMBITION . UNDER this denomination of society , the passions are of a complicated kind , and branch out into a variety of forms agreeable to that variety of ends they are to serve in the great chain of society . The ...
Page 144
... imitation ; for it is never so per- fect , but we can perceive it is imitation , and on that principle are somewhat pleased with it . And ✓ indeed in some cases we derive as much or more pleasure from that source than from the thing ...
... imitation ; for it is never so per- fect , but we can perceive it is imitation , and on that principle are somewhat pleased with it . And ✓ indeed in some cases we derive as much or more pleasure from that source than from the thing ...
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