 In this case the mind is so entirely filled with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime, that far from being produced by them, it anticipates...  The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Page 130by Edmund Burke - 2008 - 572 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on. that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime,...anticipates our reasonings, and hurries us on by an irreVistible force. Astonishment, as I have said, is the effect of ^he sublime in its highest degree... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime,...effect of the sublime in its highest degree ; the inferiour effects are admiration, reverence, and respect. SECT. II. TERROUR. NO passion so effectually... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 420 pages
...is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended with some degree of horror. This is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree...inferior effects are admiration, reverence, and respect. Mr. Burke then goes through the principal causes of the sublime — obscurity ', power ; all general... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 362 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime, that, far * Part I. sect. 3, 4, 7. far from being produced by them, it anticipates our reasonings, and hurries... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - 446 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime, that, far from being pro* Part I. Sect. 3, 4, 7. M 2 duced by them, it anticipates our reasonings, and hurries us on by... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 510 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime,...hurries us on by an irresistible force. Astonishment, as 1 have said, is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree ; the inferiour effects are admiration,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 510 pages
...them, it anticipates our reasonings, and hurries us on by an irresistible force. Astonishment, as 1 have said, is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree ; the inferiour effects are admiration, reverence, and respect. SECTION II. TERROUR. No passion so effectually... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1827 - 194 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor, by consequence, reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime,...inferior effects are admiration, reverence, and respect. * Part I. »ect. 3, 4, 7. SECT. II. — TERROR. No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime,...effect of the sublime in its highest degree ; the inférieur effects are admiration, reverence, and respect, SECT. II. — TERROUR. No passion so effectually... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime,...effect of the sublime in its highest degree ; the inférieur effects are admiration, reverence, and respect. SECT, п.— TERROUR. No passion so effectually... | |
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