The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 104
... depend upon each other . Nothing is more certain to my own feelings than this . There is noth- ing which I can distinguish in my mind with more clearness than the three states , of indifference , of pleasure , and of pain . Every one of ...
... depend upon each other . Nothing is more certain to my own feelings than this . There is noth- ing which I can distinguish in my mind with more clearness than the three states , of indifference , of pleasure , and of pain . Every one of ...
Page 113
... depends upon life , and the performing them with vigor and efficacy depends upon health , we are very strongly affected with whatever threatens the destruction of either : but as we were not made to acquiesce in life and health , the ...
... depends upon life , and the performing them with vigor and efficacy depends upon health , we are very strongly affected with whatever threatens the destruction of either : but as we were not made to acquiesce in life and health , the ...
Page 156
... depend on light . Light therefore ought previously to be examined ; and with it its opposite , darkness . With regard to light , to make it a cause capable of producing the sublime , it must be attended with some circumstances , besides ...
... depend on light . Light therefore ought previously to be examined ; and with it its opposite , darkness . With regard to light , to make it a cause capable of producing the sublime , it must be attended with some circumstances , besides ...
Page 187
... depend on these , let it owe its origin to what else it will . SECTION IX PERFECTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY . THERE is another notion current , pretty closely allied to the former ; that perfection is the constit- uent cause of beauty ...
... depend on these , let it owe its origin to what else it will . SECTION IX PERFECTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY . THERE is another notion current , pretty closely allied to the former ; that perfection is the constit- uent cause of beauty ...
Page 191
... depend upon some positive qualities . And since it is no creature of our reason , since it strikes us without any reference to use , and even where no use at all can be discerned , since the order and method of nature is generally very ...
... depend upon some positive qualities . And since it is no creature of our reason , since it strikes us without any reference to use , and even where no use at all can be discerned , since the order and method of nature is generally very ...
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