The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... sions . This at least was the case of the Greeks ; and sure , from the earliest accounts of them , to their absorption into the Roman empire , we cannot judge that their intestine divisions , and their foreign wars , consumed less than ...
... sions . This at least was the case of the Greeks ; and sure , from the earliest accounts of them , to their absorption into the Roman empire , we cannot judge that their intestine divisions , and their foreign wars , consumed less than ...
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... sions . I go upon a naked and moderate calcu- lation , just enough , without a pedantical exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I ...
... sions . I go upon a naked and moderate calcu- lation , just enough , without a pedantical exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I ...
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... sions , can hardly be put in motion by the delicate and refined play of the imagination . These men , though from a different cause , become as stupid and insensible as the former ; but whenever either of 12 and ON TASTE . 115.
... sions , can hardly be put in motion by the delicate and refined play of the imagination . These men , though from a different cause , become as stupid and insensible as the former ; but whenever either of 12 and ON TASTE . 115.
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... sions is far from that smooth and voluptuous satis- faction which the assured prospect of pleasure bestows . The ... sion by the simple enjoyment . The passions there- fore which are conversant about the preservation of the ...
... sions is far from that smooth and voluptuous satis- faction which the assured prospect of pleasure bestows . The ... sion by the simple enjoyment . The passions there- fore which are conversant about the preservation of the ...
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... sions , is that of society , which may be divided into two sorts . 1. The society of the seres , which answers the purpose of propagation ; and next , that more general society , which we have with men and with other animals , and which ...
... sions , is that of society , which may be divided into two sorts . 1. The society of the seres , which answers the purpose of propagation ; and next , that more general society , which we have with men and with other animals , and which ...
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