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THE HARVARD CLASSICS

EDITED BY CHARLES W ELIOT LL D

EDMUND BURKE

ON TASTE

ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL
REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
A LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD

Copyright, 1909
BY P. F. COLLIER & SON

MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A.

447507

Designed. Printed, and Bound at
The Collier Press, New Bork

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ON TASTE

INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE.

THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL

PART I.

SECTION I-NOVELTY

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SECT. II.-PAIN AND PLEASURE

SECT. III.-THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REMOVAL

SECT. IV.-OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE AS OPPOSED TO

EACH OTHER.

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SECT. VI.-OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SELF-

PRESERVATION.

SECT. VII.-OF THE SUBLIME.

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SECT. VIII.-OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO

SOCIETY.

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SECT. IX.-THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE PASSIONS BELONGING TO SELF-

PRESERVATION, AND THOSE WHICH REGARD THE

SOCIETY OF THE SEXES

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SECT. X.-OF BEAUTY.

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SECT. XI.-SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE

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SECT. XII.-SYMPATHY, IMITATION, AND AMBITION

SECT. XIII.-SYMPATHY

SECT. XIV. THE EFFECTS OF SYMPATHY IN THE DIS-