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The editor is satisfied that a mind , which has no restraint from a sense of its own
weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of
letting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack ...
The editor is satisfied that a mind , which has no restraint from a sense of its own
weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of
letting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack ...
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For the gross of the people ; they are considered as a mere herd of cattle ; and
really in a little time become no better ; all principle of honest pride , all sense of
the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which ...
For the gross of the people ; they are considered as a mere herd of cattle ; and
really in a little time become no better ; all principle of honest pride , all sense of
the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which ...
Page 37
But lo ! differences arose upon the sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus
we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to expound
the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; 1 as words multiplied ...
But lo ! differences arose upon the sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus
we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to expound
the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; 1 as words multiplied ...
Page 54
All the natural powers in man , which I know , that are conversant about external
objects , are the senses ; the imagination ; and the judgment . And first with
regard to the senses . We do and we must suppose , that as the conformation of
their ...
All the natural powers in man , which I know , that are conversant about external
objects , are the senses ; the imagination ; and the judgment . And first with
regard to the senses . We do and we must suppose , that as the conformation of
their ...
Page 55
If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men
different images of things , this sceptical proceeding will make every sort of ...
taste , and the rather , as the faculty in question has taken its name from that
sense .
If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men
different images of things , this sceptical proceeding will make every sort of ...
taste , and the rather , as the faculty in question has taken its name from that
sense .
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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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