THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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Page 95
... regard to truth and falfehood there is fomething fixed . We find people in their disputes continually appealing to certain tefts and standards , which are allowed on all fides , and are fuppofed to be established in our common nature ...
... regard to truth and falfehood there is fomething fixed . We find people in their disputes continually appealing to certain tefts and standards , which are allowed on all fides , and are fuppofed to be established in our common nature ...
Page 99
... regard to the fenfes . We do and we must suppose , that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the fame in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the fame , or with little difference ...
... regard to the fenfes . We do and we must suppose , that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the fame in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the fame , or with little difference ...
Page 100
... regard to pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling fweetnefs pleafant , and four- nefs and bitterness unpleasant . Here there is no diverfity in their fentiments ; and that there is not , appears fully from the confent of all men ...
... regard to pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling fweetnefs pleafant , and four- nefs and bitterness unpleasant . Here there is no diverfity in their fentiments ; and that there is not , appears fully from the confent of all men ...
Page 109
... regard to fome mistakes he had made in the fhoe of one of his figures , and which the painter , who had not made fuch accu- rate observations on fhoes , and was content with a general refemblance , had never obferved . this was no ...
... regard to fome mistakes he had made in the fhoe of one of his figures , and which the painter , who had not made fuch accu- rate observations on fhoes , and was content with a general refemblance , had never obferved . this was no ...
Page 118
... regards as tri- fling and contemptible . Every trivial caufe of pleasure is apt to affect the man of too fanguine a complexion his appetite is too keen to fuffer his taste to be delicate ; and he is in all respects what Ovid fays of ...
... regards as tri- fling and contemptible . Every trivial caufe of pleasure is apt to affect the man of too fanguine a complexion his appetite is too keen to fuffer his taste to be delicate ; and he is in all respects what Ovid fays of ...
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affected affociation againſt agreeable almoſt arifes beauty becauſe befides beſt body cafe caufe cauſe colours confequently confider confiderable confiftent darkneſs defcription defigned degree difpofition diftinct diftinguiſh diſcover faid fame fect feems fenfes fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince fions firft firſt fmooth fociety fome fomething fpecies ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftriking ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure fweet greateſt himſelf horrour idea images imagination impreffion itſelf juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs mankind manner meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferved object occafions ourſelves paffions pain perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent principles produce proportion purpoſe qualities raiſed reafon refult reprefented reſemblance SECT ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate tafte taſte tenfion terrour thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural underſtanding uſe whilft words