The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 128
... attended itself with a pleasure ? By What I advance is no more than this ; first , that there are pleasures and pains of a positive and independent nature ; and , secondly , that the feeling which results from the ceasing or diminu ...
... attended itself with a pleasure ? By What I advance is no more than this ; first , that there are pleasures and pains of a positive and independent nature ; and , secondly , that the feeling which results from the ceasing or diminu ...
Page 136
... attended with a very high pleasure ; but as it is by no means designed to be our con- stant business , it is not fit that the absence of this pleasure should be attended with any considerable pain . The difference between men and brutes ...
... attended with a very high pleasure ; but as it is by no means designed to be our con- stant business , it is not fit that the absence of this pleasure should be attended with any considerable pain . The difference between men and brutes ...
Page 143
... attended with delight , or a pleasure of some kind , let the subject - matter be what it will ; and as our Creator has designed that we should be united by the bond of sympathy , he has strengthened that bond by a proportionable delight ...
... attended with delight , or a pleasure of some kind , let the subject - matter be what it will ; and as our Creator has designed that we should be united by the bond of sympathy , he has strengthened that bond by a proportionable delight ...
Page 188
... attended to in most of the works of art with the greatest care ; besides it is to be considered , that unless you can produce an appearance of infinity by your disorder , you will have disorder only without magnificence . There are ...
... attended to in most of the works of art with the greatest care ; besides it is to be considered , that unless you can produce an appearance of infinity by your disorder , you will have disorder only without magnificence . There are ...
Page 190
... attended with some circumstances , besides its bare faculty of shewing other objects . Mere light is too common a thing to make a strong impression on the mind , and without a strong impression nothing can be sub- lime . But such a ...
... attended with some circumstances , besides its bare faculty of shewing other objects . Mere light is too common a thing to make a strong impression on the mind , and without a strong impression nothing can be sub- lime . But such a ...
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