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Page 18
I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just enough , without a pedantical
exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I
charge the whole of these effects on political society . I avow the charge , and I ...
I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just enough , without a pedantical
exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I
charge the whole of these effects on political society . I avow the charge , and I ...
Page 24
In all parts of the world , mankind , however debased , retains still the sense of
feeling ; the weight of tyranny , at last , becomes insupportable ; but the remedy is
not so easy : in general , the only remedy by which they attempt to cure the ...
In all parts of the world , mankind , however debased , retains still the sense of
feeling ; the weight of tyranny , at last , becomes insupportable ; but the remedy is
not so easy : in general , the only remedy by which they attempt to cure the ...
Page 27
This form therefore could be little approved , even in speculation , by those who
were capable of thinking , and could be less borne in practice by any who were
capable of feeling . However , the fruitful policy of man was not yet exhausted .
This form therefore could be little approved , even in speculation , by those who
were capable of thinking , and could be less borne in practice by any who were
capable of feeling . However , the fruitful policy of man was not yet exhausted .
Page 61
... Bellianis perhaps does not understand the refined language of the Eneid , who
, if it was degraded into the style of the Pilgrim ' s Progress , might feel it in all its
energy , on the same principle which made him an admirer of Don Bellianis .
... Bellianis perhaps does not understand the refined language of the Eneid , who
, if it was degraded into the style of the Pilgrim ' s Progress , might feel it in all its
energy , on the same principle which made him an admirer of Don Bellianis .
Page 69
For if , previous to the pain , I do not feel any actual pleasure , I have no reason to
judge that any such thing exists ; since pleasure is only pleasure as it is felt . The
same may be said of pain , and with equal reason . I can never persuade ...
For if , previous to the pain , I do not feel any actual pleasure , I have no reason to
judge that any such thing exists ; since pleasure is only pleasure as it is felt . The
same may be said of pain , and with equal reason . I can never persuade ...
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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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