The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 60
... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are suf ficient almost to level their condition to that of the unhappy ...
... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are suf ficient almost to level their condition to that of the unhappy ...
Page 61
... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleas- ures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favor of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleas- ures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form no distinction in favor of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
Page 62
... , has still made the many the property of the few ; if it has introduced labors unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible ul . * with nature ; if in all countries 62 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... , has still made the many the property of the few ; if it has introduced labors unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible ul . * with nature ; if in all countries 62 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... Pleasure III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- itive Pleasure . · • IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other V. Joy and Grief • 101 102 · · 104 106 108 • 110 110 111 VI . Of the Passions which belong ...
... Pleasure III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Pos- itive Pleasure . · • IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other V. Joy and Grief • 101 102 · · 104 106 108 • 110 110 111 VI . Of the Passions which belong ...
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... pleasures : but , notwithstanding this difference , which I think to be rather apparent than real , it is probable that the standard both of reason and taste is the same in all human creatures . For if there were not some principles of ...
... pleasures : but , notwithstanding this difference , which I think to be rather apparent than real , it is probable that the standard both of reason and taste is the same in all human creatures . For if there were not some principles of ...
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