The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 129
... Delight ; and I shall take the best care . I can , to use that word in no other sense . I am satisfied the word is not commonly used in this appropriated signification ; but I thought it better to take up a word already known , and to ...
... Delight ; and I shall take the best care . I can , to use that word in no other sense . I am satisfied the word is not commonly used in this appropriated signification ; but I thought it better to take up a word already known , and to ...
Page 130
... Delight to express the sensation which accompanies the re- moval of pain or danger ; so when I speak of positive pleasure , I shall for the most part call it simply Pleasure . SECT . V. JOY AND GRIEF . IT must be observed , that the ...
... Delight to express the sensation which accompanies the re- moval of pain or danger ; so when I speak of positive pleasure , I shall for the most part call it simply Pleasure . SECT . V. JOY AND GRIEF . IT must be observed , that the ...
Page 132
... delight which arises from the mo- difications of pain confesses the stock from whence sprung , in its solid , strong , and severe nature . it SECT . VI . OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SELF- PRESERVATION . MOST of the ideas which are ...
... delight which arises from the mo- difications of pain confesses the stock from whence sprung , in its solid , strong , and severe nature . it SECT . VI . OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SELF- PRESERVATION . MOST of the ideas which are ...
Page 134
... delight , and are simply terrible ; but at certain distances , and with certain modifications , they may be , and they are delightful , as we every day experience . The cause of this I shall endeavour to investigate hereafter . SECT ...
... delight , and are simply terrible ; but at certain distances , and with certain modifications , they may be , and they are delightful , as we every day experience . The cause of this I shall endeavour to investigate hereafter . SECT ...
Page 141
... delight on wretchedness , misery , and death itself . It is a common observation , that objects which in the reality would shock , are in tragical , and such like representations , the source of a very high species of pleasure . This ...
... delight on wretchedness , misery , and death itself . It is a common observation , that objects which in the reality would shock , are in tragical , and such like representations , the source of a very high species of pleasure . This ...
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