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The Common Effects of Poetry , not by raising Ideas of things . . . . . . 170 III .
General Words before Ideas . . 171 IV . The Effect of Words . 172 . Examples that
Words may affect without raising Images 1731 vi . Poetry not strictly an imitative
Art ...
The Common Effects of Poetry , not by raising Ideas of things . . . . . . 170 III .
General Words before Ideas . . 171 IV . The Effect of Words . 172 . Examples that
Words may affect without raising Images 1731 vi . Poetry not strictly an imitative
Art ...
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If these are delivered in a specious manner , and in a style above the common ,
they cannot want a number of admirers . of as much docility as can be wished for
in disciples . To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it ...
If these are delivered in a specious manner , and in a style above the common ,
they cannot want a number of admirers . of as much docility as can be wished for
in disciples . To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it ...
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Want of union , want of mutual assistance , want of a common arbitrator to resort
to in their differences . These were evils which they could not but have felt pretty
severely on many occasions . The original children of the earth lived with their ...
Want of union , want of mutual assistance , want of a common arbitrator to resort
to in their differences . These were evils which they could not but have felt pretty
severely on many occasions . The original children of the earth lived with their ...
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... feel experimentally how severe a scourge Providence intends for the human
race , when he gives one man the power over many , and arms his naturally
impotent and feeble rage with the hands of millions , who know no common
principle ...
... feel experimentally how severe a scourge Providence intends for the human
race , when he gives one man the power over many , and arms his naturally
impotent and feeble rage with the hands of millions , who know no common
principle ...
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... common nature , and subject to the same law . There is something so averse
from our own nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other
trumpet to kindle us to war and destruction . But there is something so benign and
...
... common nature , and subject to the same law . There is something so averse
from our own nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other
trumpet to kindle us to war and destruction . But there is something so benign and
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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