The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 54
... indifferent about its temper ; my thoughts may become more publick . In the mean time , let them repose in my own bosom , and in the bosoms of such men ar are fit to be initiated in the sober mysteries of truth and reason . My ...
... indifferent about its temper ; my thoughts may become more publick . In the mean time , let them repose in my own bosom , and in the bosoms of such men ar are fit to be initiated in the sober mysteries of truth and reason . My ...
Page 56
... indifferent whither he is led , provided that she is the leader . And , my Lord , if it be properly considered , it were in- finitely better to remain possessed by the whole legion of vulgar mistakes , than to reject some , and at the ...
... indifferent whither he is led , provided that she is the leader . And , my Lord , if it be properly considered , it were in- finitely better to remain possessed by the whole legion of vulgar mistakes , than to reject some , and at the ...
Page 59
... indifference as if the most ordinary favour were asked ; and we hear this request refused , not because it is a most unjust and unrea- sonable desire , but that this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many ...
... indifference as if the most ordinary favour were asked ; and we hear this request refused , not because it is a most unjust and unrea- sonable desire , but that this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many ...
Page 123
... indifference . When I am carried from this state into a state of actual pleasure , it does not appear necessary that I should pass through the medium of any sort of pain . If in such a state of indif- ference , or ease , or tranquillity ...
... indifference . When I am carried from this state into a state of actual pleasure , it does not appear necessary that I should pass through the medium of any sort of pain . If in such a state of indif- ference , or ease , or tranquillity ...
Page 124
... indifference , to receive a violent blow , or to drink of some bitter potion , or to have his ears wounded with some harsh and grating sound ; here is no removal of pleasure ; and yet here is felt , in every sense which is affected , a ...
... indifference , to receive a violent blow , or to drink of some bitter potion , or to have his ears wounded with some harsh and grating sound ; here is no removal of pleasure ; and yet here is felt , in every sense which is affected , a ...
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