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I . Of the Passion caused by the Sublime . 11 . Terror . . . . . III . Obscurity . iv . Of
the Difference between Clearness and ... Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in
Vegetables . 114 111 . Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals . 117 iv .
I . Of the Passion caused by the Sublime . 11 . Terror . . . . . III . Obscurity . iv . Of
the Difference between Clearness and ... Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in
Vegetables . 114 111 . Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals . 117 iv .
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The Recapitulation . . . . 129ix . Perfection not the cause of Beauty ib . x . How far
the Idea of Beauty may be applied to the Qualities of the Mind 130 XI . How far
the Idea of Beauty may be applied to Virtue 131 XII . The real Cause of Beauty . ib
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The Recapitulation . . . . 129ix . Perfection not the cause of Beauty ib . x . How far
the Idea of Beauty may be applied to the Qualities of the Mind 130 XI . How far
the Idea of Beauty may be applied to Virtue 131 XII . The real Cause of Beauty . ib
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The Effects of Blackness moderated xix . The physical Cause of Love . xx . Why
Smoothness is beautiful XXI . Sweetness , its Nature XXI . Sweetness relaxing . .
XXIII . Variation , why beautiful . . xxiv . Concerning Smallness xxv . Of Colour .
The Effects of Blackness moderated xix . The physical Cause of Love . xx . Why
Smoothness is beautiful XXI . Sweetness , its Nature XXI . Sweetness relaxing . .
XXIII . Variation , why beautiful . . xxiv . Concerning Smallness xxv . Of Colour .
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It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against
the sophists , that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause , and to support
paradoxical opinions to the satisfaction of a common auditory , than to establish a
...
It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against
the sophists , that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause , and to support
paradoxical opinions to the satisfaction of a common auditory , than to establish a
...
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The extent of this war which vexed so many nations , and both elements , and the
havoc of the human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond
expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are apt to
divert our ...
The extent of this war which vexed so many nations , and both elements , and the
havoc of the human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond
expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are apt to
divert our ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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