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Page 3
And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing impressions on the
imagination , subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has
been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon
ingenious ...
And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing impressions on the
imagination , subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has
been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon
ingenious ...
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... and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects
, may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable ; that it
would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine
...
... and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects
, may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable ; that it
would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine
...
Page 9
It is therefore of the deepest concernment to us to be set right in this point ; and to
be well satisfied whether civil government be such a protector from natural evils ,
and such a nurse and increaser of blessings , as those of warm imaginations ...
It is therefore of the deepest concernment to us to be set right in this point ; and to
be well satisfied whether civil government be such a protector from natural evils ,
and such a nurse and increaser of blessings , as those of warm imaginations ...
Page 29
... dissipating the public treasure with the most senseless extravagance , and
spending their whole time , as spectators or actors , in playing , fiddling , dancing
, and singing , does it not , my Lord , strike your imagination with the image of a
sort ...
... dissipating the public treasure with the most senseless extravagance , and
spending their whole time , as spectators or actors , in playing , fiddling , dancing
, and singing , does it not , my Lord , strike your imagination with the image of a
sort ...
Page 37
They form their plans upon what seems most eligible to their imaginations , for
the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans , from the real
known consequences which have resulted from them . They have enlisted
reason to ...
They form their plans upon what seems most eligible to their imaginations , for
the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans , from the real
known consequences which have resulted from them . They have enlisted
reason to ...
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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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