The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 118
... sensations , but how false and inaccurate the judgments we form of things ! I despair of ever receiving the same degree of pleasure from the most excellent perfor- mances of genius , which I felt at that age from pieces which my present ...
... sensations , but how false and inaccurate the judgments we form of things ! I despair of ever receiving the same degree of pleasure from the most excellent perfor- mances of genius , which I felt at that age from pieces which my present ...
Page 122
... sensations than those of loathing and weariness , if many things were not adapted to affect the mind by means of other powers besides novelty in them , and of other passions besides curiosity in ourselves . These powers and passions ...
... sensations than those of loathing and weariness , if many things were not adapted to affect the mind by means of other powers besides novelty in them , and of other passions besides curiosity in ourselves . These powers and passions ...
Page 126
... sensation . I own it is not at first view so apparent , that the removal of a great pain does not resemble positive pleasure ; but let us recollect in what state we have found our minds upon escaping some imminent danger , or on being ...
... sensation . I own it is not at first view so apparent , that the removal of a great pain does not resemble positive pleasure ; but let us recollect in what state we have found our minds upon escaping some imminent danger , or on being ...
Page 128
... sensation , or in the outward appearance , like pleasure from a positive cause ) has never , I imagine , its origin from the removal of pain or danger . • SECT . IV . OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE , AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER . BUT shall we ...
... sensation , or in the outward appearance , like pleasure from a positive cause ) has never , I imagine , its origin from the removal of pain or danger . • SECT . IV . OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE , AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER . BUT shall we ...
Page 130
... sensation which accompanies the re- moval of pain or danger ; so when I speak of positive pleasure , I shall for the most part call it simply Pleasure . SECT . V. JOY AND GRIEF . IT must be observed , that the cessation of plea- sure ...
... sensation which accompanies the re- moval of pain or danger ; so when I speak of positive pleasure , I shall for the most part call it simply Pleasure . SECT . V. JOY AND GRIEF . IT must be observed , that the cessation of plea- sure ...
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