The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... particular scheme , and the single point of view in which we consider it , which ought to put a stop to our researches . PART I. SECTION 1. - NOVELTY . THE first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind , is ...
... particular scheme , and the single point of view in which we consider it , which ought to put a stop to our researches . PART I. SECTION 1. - NOVELTY . THE first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind , is ...
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... particular enjoy- ment , to dwell upon each , and to find a thousand new per- fections in all , that were not sufficiently understood before ; in grief , the pleasure is still uppermost ; and the affliction we suffer has no resemblance ...
... particular enjoy- ment , to dwell upon each , and to find a thousand new per- fections in all , that were not sufficiently understood before ; in grief , the pleasure is still uppermost ; and the affliction we suffer has no resemblance ...
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... particular times , I do not think it affects at all . When men describe in what manner they are affected by pain and danger , they do not dwell on the pleasure of health and the comfort of security , and then lament the loss of these ...
... particular times , I do not think it affects at all . When men describe in what manner they are affected by pain and danger , they do not dwell on the pleasure of health and the comfort of security , and then lament the loss of these ...
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... particular social enjoyment outweighs very considerably the uneasiness caused by the want of that particular enjoyment ; so that the strongest sensations re- lative to the habitudes of particular society are sensations of pleasure ...
... particular social enjoyment outweighs very considerably the uneasiness caused by the want of that particular enjoyment ; so that the strongest sensations re- lative to the habitudes of particular society are sensations of pleasure ...
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... particular modes of it , may be applica- ble here . It is by this principle chiefly that poetry , paint- ing , and other affecting arts , transfuse their passions from one breast to another , and are often capable of grafting a delight ...
... particular modes of it , may be applica- ble here . It is by this principle chiefly that poetry , paint- ing , and other affecting arts , transfuse their passions from one breast to another , and are often capable of grafting a delight ...
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