The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 53
... object is soon out of sight , and the parties end upon a matter wholly foreign to that on which they began . In a lawsuit the question is , who has a right to a certain house or farm ? And this question is daily determined , not upon ...
... object is soon out of sight , and the parties end upon a matter wholly foreign to that on which they began . In a lawsuit the question is , who has a right to a certain house or farm ? And this question is daily determined , not upon ...
Page 77
... Objects of Great Dimensions are Sublime • 217 217 X. Unity , why requisite to Vastness 219 XI . The Artificial Infinite 220 XII . The Vibrations must be Similar 222 XIII . The Effects of Succession in Visual Objects explained 222 XIV ...
... Objects of Great Dimensions are Sublime • 217 217 X. Unity , why requisite to Vastness 219 XI . The Artificial Infinite 220 XII . The Vibrations must be Similar 222 XIII . The Effects of Succession in Visual Objects explained 222 XIV ...
Page 81
... object before us ; instead of extending our ideas to take in all that nature compre- hends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by the strict laws to which we have submitted at our setting out . Circa ...
... object before us ; instead of extending our ideas to take in all that nature compre- hends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by the strict laws to which we have submitted at our setting out . Circa ...
Page 82
... objects , are the senses ; the imagination ; and the judgment . And first with regard to the senses . We do and we ... object excites in one man , it must raise in all mankind , whilst it operates naturally , simply , and 82 INTRODUCTION .
... objects , are the senses ; the imagination ; and the judgment . And first with regard to the senses . We do and we ... object excites in one man , it must raise in all mankind , whilst it operates naturally , simply , and 82 INTRODUCTION .
Page 87
... object , a pleasure is perceived from the resemblance which the imitation has to the original : the imagination , I con- ceive , can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes . And these causes operate pretty ...
... object , a pleasure is perceived from the resemblance which the imitation has to the original : the imagination , I con- ceive , can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes . And these causes operate pretty ...
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