 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pàgines
...-anything very terrible, obscurity1 seems in /general to be necessary. When we know the full extent of any danger, when we can accustom our eyes to it, a great...popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotic governments, which are founded on the passions of men, and principally upon the passion of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1787 - 368 pàgines
...confiders how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cafes of danger, and how much the notions of, ghofts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affecT:...which give credit to the popula.r tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotic governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 604 pàgines
...confiders how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cafes of danger, and how much the notions of ghofts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotic governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pàgines
...confiders how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cafes of danger, and how much the notions of ghofts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thole defpotic governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pàgines
...confiders how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cafes of danger, and how much the notions of ghofts and goblins} of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotic governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 366 pàgines
...confiders how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cafes of danger, and how much the notions of ghofts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotick governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pàgines
...general to be necessary. When we know the full extent of any danger, when we can accustom ourselves to it, a great deal of the apprehension vanishes....popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotic governments which are founded on the passions of men, and principally upon the passion of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1827 - 194 pàgines
...thing very terrible, obscurity* seems in general to be necessary. When we know the full extent of any danger, when we can accustom our eyes to it, a great...popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotic governments which are founded on the passions of men, and principally upon the passion of... | |
 | 1827 - 712 pàgines
...wildernesses." Burke observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary to make any thing terrible, and notices " how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which...the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings." He represents also, that no person " seems better to have understood the secret of heightening, or... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pàgines
...thing very terrible, obscurity! seems in general to be necessary. When we know the full extent of any danger, when we can accustom our eyes to it, a great...form clear ideas, affect minds which give credit to die popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotick governments, which are founded on... | |
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When we know the full extent of any danger, when we can accustom our eyes to it, a great deal of the apprehension vanishes. Every one will be sensible of this who considers how greatly night adds to our dread in all cases of danger, and how much the notions... 
