The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 106
... resemblance , we are struck , we attend to them , and we are pleased . The mind of man has naturally a far greater alacrity and satisfaction in tracing resemblances than in searching for differ- ences : because by making resemblances we ...
... resemblance , we are struck , we attend to them , and we are pleased . The mind of man has naturally a far greater alacrity and satisfaction in tracing resemblances than in searching for differ- ences : because by making resemblances we ...
Page 107
... resemblance , they paint it strongly , and they take no notice of the difference which may be found between the things compared . Now , as the pleasure of resemblance is that which principally flatters the imagination , all men are ...
... resemblance , they paint it strongly , and they take no notice of the difference which may be found between the things compared . Now , as the pleasure of resemblance is that which principally flatters the imagination , all men are ...
Page 108
... resemblance which it bore to the human figure . What he admired at different times in these so different figures , is strictly the same ; and though his knowledge is improved , his taste is not altered . Hitherto his mistake was from a ...
... resemblance which it bore to the human figure . What he admired at different times in these so different figures , is strictly the same ; and though his knowledge is improved , his taste is not altered . Hitherto his mistake was from a ...
Page 109
... resemblance , had never observed . But this was no impeachment to the taste of the pain- ter ; it only shewed some want of knowledge in the art of making shoes . Let us imagine , that an anatomist had come into the painter's working ...
... resemblance , had never observed . But this was no impeachment to the taste of the pain- ter ; it only shewed some want of knowledge in the art of making shoes . Let us imagine , that an anatomist had come into the painter's working ...
Page 126
... resemblance to positive pleasure * . The former of these proposi- tions will , I believe , be much more readily allowed than the latter ; because it is very evident that pleasure , when it has run its career , sets us down very nearly ...
... resemblance to positive pleasure * . The former of these proposi- tions will , I believe , be much more readily allowed than the latter ; because it is very evident that pleasure , when it has run its career , sets us down very nearly ...
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