The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 86
... infinite , if we could establish no principle until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or description to be found in poets and orators . And though we should never be able to reconcile the effect of such ...
... infinite , if we could establish no principle until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or description to be found in poets and orators . And though we should never be able to reconcile the effect of such ...
Page 92
... 268 XI . The artificial Infinite 270 XII . The Vibrations must be similar - 272 XIII . The effects of Succession in visual objects 7 explained - 273 / SECT . XIV . Locke's Opinion concerning Darkness , PAGE 92 CONTENTS .
... 268 XI . The artificial Infinite 270 XII . The Vibrations must be similar - 272 XIII . The effects of Succession in visual objects 7 explained - 273 / SECT . XIV . Locke's Opinion concerning Darkness , PAGE 92 CONTENTS .
Page 135
... infinite variety of causes , which give rise to madness : but this at most can only prove , that the passion of love is capable of producing very extraordinary effects , not that its extraordinary emotions have any connection with ...
... infinite variety of causes , which give rise to madness : but this at most can only prove , that the passion of love is capable of producing very extraordinary effects , not that its extraordinary emotions have any connection with ...
Page 152
... to him , nor unproductive to ourselves of that noble and uncommon union of science and admiration , which a contemplation of the works of infinite wisdom alone can afford to a rational mind ; whilst wisdom 152 ON THE SUBLIME.
... to him , nor unproductive to ourselves of that noble and uncommon union of science and admiration , which a contemplation of the works of infinite wisdom alone can afford to a rational mind ; whilst wisdom 152 ON THE SUBLIME.
Page 177
... infinite attention , by what a disregard of every perishable object , through what long habits of piety and contemplation it is , any man is able to attain an entire love and devotion to the Deity , will easily perceive , that it is not ...
... infinite attention , by what a disregard of every perishable object , through what long habits of piety and contemplation it is , any man is able to attain an entire love and devotion to the Deity , will easily perceive , that it is not ...
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