 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...considers how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cases of danger, and how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotic governments, which are founded on the passions of men, and principally... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1767 - 368 pages
...be fenfible of this, who confiders how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cafes of danger, arid how much the notions of ghofts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affecl: minds, which give credit to the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotic... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1787 - 368 pages
...of languages, could produce, I make no doubt, many other and equally ftriking examples. SECT. III. OBSCURITY. TO make any thing very terrible, obfcurity...paffions of men, and principally upon the paffion of fear, keep their chief as much as may be from the public eye. The policy has been the fame in many... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...SECT. III. OBSCURITY. ^T" O make any thing very terrible, obfcurity * feems in general to be neceffary. When we know the full extent of any danger, when we...paffions of men, and principally upon the paffion of fear, keep their chief as much as may be from the public eye. The policy has been the fame in many... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...extent of any danger, when we can accuftom our eyes to it, a great deal of the apprehenfion vanimes. Every one will be fenfible of this, who confiders...the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thole defpotic governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally upon the paffion... | |
 | Freeman of Dublin - Ireland - 1800 - 674 pages
...extent of any danqer, when we can accuftom our eyes to it, a great deal of the apprehenfion vaniflies. Every one will be fenfible of this, who confiders...ghofts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affeft minds which give credit to the popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Ti ofe defpotic... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 366 pages
...SEC T. III. OBSCURITY. TO make any thing very terrible, obfcurity* feems in general to be neccffary. When we know the full extent of any danger, when we...popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotick governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally upon the paffion of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 366 pages
...can accuftom our eyes to it, a great deal of the apprehenfion' vanishes. Every one will be fenGblc of this, who confiders how greatly night adds to our...popular tales concerning fuch forts of beings. Thofe defpotick governments, which are founded on the paffions of men, and principally upon the paffion of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...considers how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cases of danger, and how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotick governments, which are founded on the passions of men, and principally... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...considers how greatly night adds to our dread, in all cases of danger, and how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect...which give credit to the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. Those despotic governments which are founded on the passions of men, and principally... | |
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... how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect minds which give credit to the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings. 
