The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Zväzok 1Harper & Bros., 1851 This work contains a selection of the writings of Edmund Burke, an influential Irish member of Parliament from 1766 and 1794 and the philosophical founder of modern conservatism. |
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... sublime , and it immediately becomes contemptible . An ox is a creature of vast strength , but he is an inno- cent creature , extremely serviceable , and not at all dangerous ; for which reason the idea of an ox is by no means grand . A ...
... sublime , and it immediately becomes contemptible . An ox is a creature of vast strength , but he is an inno- cent creature , extremely serviceable , and not at all dangerous ; for which reason the idea of an ox is by no means grand . A ...
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... sublime . And this is not the only instance wherein the opposite extremes operate equally in favour of the sublime , which in all things abhors mediocrity . SECTION XV . LIGHT IN BUILDING . As the management of light is a matter of ...
... sublime . And this is not the only instance wherein the opposite extremes operate equally in favour of the sublime , which in all things abhors mediocrity . SECTION XV . LIGHT IN BUILDING . As the management of light is a matter of ...
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... sublime , as genuine as any other , and upon the very same principle of a moderated pain . " A cup of bitterness ; " " to drain the bitter cup of fortune ; " ; " " the bitter apples of Sodom ; " these are all ideas suitable to a sublime ...
... sublime , as genuine as any other , and upon the very same principle of a moderated pain . " A cup of bitterness ; " " to drain the bitter cup of fortune ; " ; " " the bitter apples of Sodom ; " these are all ideas suitable to a sublime ...
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