The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 33
... measure of his iniquity , in rapine , in luxury , and in revenge . Every avenue to the throne is shut up . He oppresses and ruins the people , whilst he persuades the prince that those mur- murs raised by his own oppression are the ...
... measure of his iniquity , in rapine , in luxury , and in revenge . Every avenue to the throne is shut up . He oppresses and ruins the people , whilst he persuades the prince that those mur- murs raised by his own oppression are the ...
Page 93
... measure . Nor is it easy , when such a difference arises , to settle the point , if the excess or diminution be ... measures , which perhaps may never come to be discovered . In these nice cases , suppos- ing the acuteness of the ...
... measure . Nor is it easy , when such a difference arises , to settle the point , if the excess or diminution be ... measures , which perhaps may never come to be discovered . In these nice cases , suppos- ing the acuteness of the ...
Page 96
... measure depend upon sensibility ; because if the mind has no bent to the pleasures of the imagination , it will never apply itself sufficiently to works of that species to acquire a competent knowledge in them . But though a de- gree of ...
... measure depend upon sensibility ; because if the mind has no bent to the pleasures of the imagination , it will never apply itself sufficiently to works of that species to acquire a competent knowledge in them . But though a de- gree of ...
Page 102
... measure new , should be capable of exciting pain or pleasure from other causes . Pain and pleasure are simple ideas , incapable of definition . People are not liable to be mistaken in their feelings , but they are very fre- quently ...
... measure new , should be capable of exciting pain or pleasure from other causes . Pain and pleasure are simple ideas , incapable of definition . People are not liable to be mistaken in their feelings , but they are very fre- quently ...
Page 127
... measure effect , they are of very little ser- vice to us . But , besides this great purpose , a consid- eration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and sure principles ...
... measure effect , they are of very little ser- vice to us . But , besides this great purpose , a consid- eration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and sure principles ...
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