The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 99
... raised and answered , and the conclusions drawn from premises , with a quickness altogether as great as the taste can be supposed to work with ; and yet where nothing but plain reason either is or can be suspected to operate . To multi ...
... raised and answered , and the conclusions drawn from premises , with a quickness altogether as great as the taste can be supposed to work with ; and yet where nothing but plain reason either is or can be suspected to operate . To multi ...
Page 106
... raised subsides along with it ; and the mind returns to its usual state of indifference . In short , pleasure ( I mean anything either in the inward sensation , or in the outward appearance , like pleasure from a positive cause ) has ...
... raised subsides along with it ; and the mind returns to its usual state of indifference . In short , pleasure ( I mean anything either in the inward sensation , or in the outward appearance , like pleasure from a positive cause ) has ...
Page 124
... raise a man in his own opinion , produces a sort of swelling and triumph , that is extremely grate- ful to the human mind ; and this swelling is never more perceived , nor operates with more force , than when without danger we are ...
... raise a man in his own opinion , produces a sort of swelling and triumph , that is extremely grate- ful to the human mind ; and this swelling is never more perceived , nor operates with more force , than when without danger we are ...
Page 133
... raise a stronger emotion by the description than I could do by the best paint- ing . This experience constantly evinces . The proper manner of conveying the affections of the mind from one to another is by words ; there is a great ...
... raise a stronger emotion by the description than I could do by the best paint- ing . This experience constantly evinces . The proper manner of conveying the affections of the mind from one to another is by words ; there is a great ...
Page 136
... raised by poetry are always of this obscure kind ; though in general the effects of poetry are by no means to be attributed to the images it raises ; which point we shall examine more at large here- after . * But painting , when we have ...
... raised by poetry are always of this obscure kind ; though in general the effects of poetry are by no means to be attributed to the images it raises ; which point we shall examine more at large here- after . * But painting , when we have ...
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