The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... to make such an estimate of things , as may give freedom and ease to your life . I am happy that such an estimate promises me comfort at my death . A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS : 48 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... to make such an estimate of things , as may give freedom and ease to your life . I am happy that such an estimate promises me comfort at my death . A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS : 48 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
Page 50
... give up the praise of elegance , satisfied with being clear . The characters of nature are legible , it is true ; but they are not plain enough to enable those who run , to read them . We must make use of a cautious , I had almost said ...
... give up the praise of elegance , satisfied with being clear . The characters of nature are legible , it is true ; but they are not plain enough to enable those who run , to read them . We must make use of a cautious , I had almost said ...
Page 51
... give them or not , provided he allows that what I dis- pose under different heads are in reality different things in nature . The use I make of the words may be blamed , as too confined or too extended ; my meaning cannot well be mis ...
... give them or not , provided he allows that what I dis- pose under different heads are in reality different things in nature . The use I make of the words may be blamed , as too confined or too extended ; my meaning cannot well be mis ...
Page 68
... give them , and in their reasonings about them . Many are of opinion , that pain arises neces- sarily from the removal of some pleasure ; as they think pleasure does from the ceasing or diminution of some pain . For my part , I am ...
... give them , and in their reasonings about them . Many are of opinion , that pain arises neces- sarily from the removal of some pleasure ; as they think pleasure does from the ceasing or diminution of some pain . For my part , I am ...
Page 73
... gives himself some intermission from such melancholy reflections ; but he observes , too , that , me- lancholy as they are , they give him pleasure . ̓Αλλ ̓ ἔμπης πάντας μὲν ὀδυρόμενος καὶ ἀχεύων , Πολλάκις ἐν μεγάροισι καθήμενος ...
... gives himself some intermission from such melancholy reflections ; but he observes , too , that , me- lancholy as they are , they give him pleasure . ̓Αλλ ̓ ἔμπης πάντας μὲν ὀδυρόμενος καὶ ἀχεύων , Πολλάκις ἐν μεγάροισι καθήμενος ...
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