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Novelty . II . Pain and Pleasure 111 . The Difference between the Removal of
Pain , and positive Pleasure iv . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each
other . v . Joy and Grief : : ! ! ! vi . Of the Passions which belong to self -
preservation .
Novelty . II . Pain and Pleasure 111 . The Difference between the Removal of
Pain , and positive Pleasure iv . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each
other . v . Joy and Grief : : ! ! ! vi . Of the Passions which belong to self -
preservation .
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The other is of those who employ their riches wholly in the acquisition of pleasure
. As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days and
sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are sufficient
almost ...
The other is of those who employ their riches wholly in the acquisition of pleasure
. As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days and
sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are sufficient
almost ...
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Let us now view the other species of the rich , those who devote their time and
fortunes to idleness and pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures
which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form
...
Let us now view the other species of the rich , those who devote their time and
fortunes to idleness and pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures
which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and therefore can form
...
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On the whole , my Lord , if political society , in whatever form , has still made the
many the property of the few ; if it has introduced labours unnecessary , vices and
diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it ...
On the whole , my Lord , if political society , in whatever form , has still made the
many the property of the few ; if it has introduced labours unnecessary , vices and
diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it ...
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... sciences will always have the appearance of something illiberal .
INTRODUCTION . ON TASTE . On a superficial view , we may seem to differ very
widely from each other in our reasonings , and no less in our pleasures : but
notwithstanding ...
... sciences will always have the appearance of something illiberal .
INTRODUCTION . ON TASTE . On a superficial view , we may seem to differ very
widely from each other in our reasonings , and no less in our pleasures : but
notwithstanding ...
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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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