The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 86
... qualities which I have ranged under the head of the Sublime be all found consistent with each other , and all diffe- rent from those which I place under the head of Beauty ; and if those which compose the class of the Beautiful have the ...
... qualities which I have ranged under the head of the Sublime be all found consistent with each other , and all diffe- rent from those which I place under the head of Beauty ; and if those which compose the class of the Beautiful have the ...
Page 91
... Qualities of the Mind - - 232 XI . How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- plied to Virtue - - - - 234 XII . The real Cause of Beauty - - XIII . Beautiful Objects small XIV . Smoothness - - 235 236 237 SECT . XV . Gradual Variation ...
... Qualities of the Mind - - 232 XI . How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- plied to Virtue - - - - 234 XII . The real Cause of Beauty - - XIII . Beautiful Objects small XIV . Smoothness - - 235 236 237 SECT . XV . Gradual Variation ...
Page 99
... qualities and affections of bodies . If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men different images of things , this scepti- cal proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and ...
... qualities and affections of bodies . If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men different images of things , this scepti- cal proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and ...
Page 100
... qualities in those objects , they do not in the least differ concerning their effects with regard to pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant , and sourness and bitterness unpleasant . Here there is no diversity ...
... qualities in those objects , they do not in the least differ concerning their effects with regard to pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant , and sourness and bitterness unpleasant . Here there is no diversity ...
Page 103
... qualities which they possess for nutritive or medicinal purposes , they often form the palate by degrees , and by force of these associations . Thus opium is pleasing to Turks , on account of the agreeable delirium it produces . Tobacco ...
... qualities which they possess for nutritive or medicinal purposes , they often form the palate by degrees , and by force of these associations . Thus opium is pleasing to Turks , on account of the agreeable delirium it produces . Tobacco ...
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