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The final cause of the Difference between the Passions belonging to Self -
preservation , and those which regard the Society of the Sexes . . . : . x . Of Beauty
. XI . Society and Solitude . . . . . XII . Sympathy , Imitation , and Ambition XIII .
The final cause of the Difference between the Passions belonging to Self -
preservation , and those which regard the Society of the Sexes . . . : . x . Of Beauty
. XI . Society and Solitude . . . . . XII . Sympathy , Imitation , and Ambition XIII .
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Of the Difference between Clearness and Obscurity with regard to the Passions . [
ıv . ] The same subject continued . v . Power VI . Privation . . 99 VII . Vastness . . .
100 VIII . Infi 101 Ix . Succession and Uniformity 102 x . Magnitude in Building ...
Of the Difference between Clearness and Obscurity with regard to the Passions . [
ıv . ] The same subject continued . v . Power VI . Privation . . 99 VII . Vastness . . .
100 VIII . Infi 101 Ix . Succession and Uniformity 102 x . Magnitude in Building ...
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If you would inspire this compatriot of ours with pity , or regard , for one of these ,
would you not hide that distinction ? You would not pray him to compassionate
the poor Frenchman , or the unhappy German . Far from it ; you would speak of ...
If you would inspire this compatriot of ours with pity , or regard , for one of these ,
would you not hide that distinction ? You would not pray him to compassionate
the poor Frenchman , or the unhappy German . Far from it ; you would speak of ...
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The favourite knows that the regard of a tyrant is as inconstant and capricious as
that of a woman ; and concluding his time to be short , he makes haste to fill up
the measure of his iniquity , in rapine , in luxury , and in revenge . Every avenue
to ...
The favourite knows that the regard of a tyrant is as inconstant and capricious as
that of a woman ; and concluding his time to be short , he makes haste to fill up
the measure of his iniquity , in rapine , in luxury , and in revenge . Every avenue
to ...
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Therefore call these free states , or popular governments , or what you please ;
when we consider the majority of their inhabitants , and regard the natural rights
of mankind , they must appear , in reality and truth , no better than pitiful and ...
Therefore call these free states , or popular governments , or what you please ;
when we consider the majority of their inhabitants , and regard the natural rights
of mankind , they must appear , in reality and truth , no better than pitiful and ...
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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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