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Sound and Loudness . · 109 XVIII . Suddenness . . . . ib . xix . Intermitting , 110 xx .
The Cries of Animals . . ib . xxi . Smell and Taste . Bitters and Stenches . 111 XXI .
Feeling . Pain . . . . . 112 2b . IUX A ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
Sound and Loudness . · 109 XVIII . Suddenness . . . . ib . xix . Intermitting , 110 xx .
The Cries of Animals . . ib . xxi . Smell and Taste . Bitters and Stenches . 111 XXI .
Feeling . Pain . . . . . 112 2b . IUX A ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
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Delicacy . XVII . Beauty in Colour . 135 XVIII . Recapitulation . xix . The
Physiognomy XX . The Eye . . ; xxi . Ugliness 137 XXII . Grace . ib . xx111 .
Elegance and Speciousness . 138 xxiv . The Beautiful in Feeling xxv . The
Beautiful in Sounds .
Delicacy . XVII . Beauty in Colour . 135 XVIII . Recapitulation . xix . The
Physiognomy XX . The Eye . . ; xxi . Ugliness 137 XXII . Grace . ib . xx111 .
Elegance and Speciousness . 138 xxiv . The Beautiful in Feeling xxv . The
Beautiful in Sounds .
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The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder
shocks than it had ever felt before ; and , through the chinks and breaches of our
prison , we see such glimmerings of light , and feel such refreshing airs of liberty ,
as ...
The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder
shocks than it had ever felt before ; and , through the chinks and breaches of our
prison , we see such glimmerings of light , and feel such refreshing airs of liberty ,
as ...
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... in so distant countries , 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
...
... in so distant countries , 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
...
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Such a tragical uniformity of havoc and murder would disgust your Lordship as
much as it would me ; and I confess I already feel my eyes ache by keeping them
so long intent on so bloody a prospect . I shall observe little on the Servile , the ...
Such a tragical uniformity of havoc and murder would disgust your Lordship as
much as it would me ; and I confess I already feel my eyes ache by keeping them
so long intent on so bloody a prospect . I shall observe little on the Servile , the ...
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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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