The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkeG. Bell, 1883 - Great Britain |
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Page 50
... particular parts must be neglected ; that we must often submit the style to the matter , and frequently give up the praise of elegance , satisfied with being clear . The characters of nature are legible , it is true ; but they are not ...
... particular parts must be neglected ; that we must often submit the style to the matter , and frequently give up the praise of elegance , satisfied with being clear . The characters of nature are legible , it is true ; but they are not ...
Page 54
... particular theory . And my point in this inquiry is , to find whether there are any principles , on which the imagination is affected , so common to all , so ground- ed and certain , as to supply the means of reasoning satisfac- torily ...
... particular theory . And my point in this inquiry is , to find whether there are any principles , on which the imagination is affected , so common to all , so ground- ed and certain , as to supply the means of reasoning satisfac- torily ...
Page 56
... particular man may find from the taste of some particular thing . This indeed cannot be disputed ; but we may dispute , and with sufficient clearness too , concerning the things which are naturally pleasing or disagreeable to the sense ...
... particular man may find from the taste of some particular thing . This indeed cannot be disputed ; but we may dispute , and with sufficient clearness too , concerning the things which are naturally pleasing or disagreeable to the sense ...
Page 57
... and only vitiated in some particular points . For in judging of any new thing , even of a taste similar to that which he has been formed by habit to like , he finds his palate affected in a natural manner , and on the common ON TASTE . 57.
... and only vitiated in some particular points . For in judging of any new thing , even of a taste similar to that which he has been formed by habit to like , he finds his palate affected in a natural manner , and on the common ON TASTE . 57.
Page 58
... particular habits or advantages . Mr. Locke very justly and finely observes of wit , that it is chiefly conversant in tracing resemblances : he remarks , at the same time , that the business of judgment is rather in finding differences ...
... particular habits or advantages . Mr. Locke very justly and finely observes of wit , that it is chiefly conversant in tracing resemblances : he remarks , at the same time , that the business of judgment is rather in finding differences ...
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