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" Nothing is left which engages the affections on the part of the commonwealth. On the principles of this mechanic philosophy, onr institutions can never be embodied, if I may use the expression, in persons, — so as to create in us love, veneration, admiration,... "
Writings and Speeches - Page 347
by Edmund Burke - 1901
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain ...

Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 372 pages
...mechanic philofophy, our inftitutions can never be embodied, if I may ufe the exprefilon, in perfons; fo as to create in us love, veneration, admiration, or attachment. But that fort of reafon which banifhes the affections is incapable of filling their place. Thefe public affections,...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 12

Books and bookselling - 1790 - 564 pages
...All homage paid to the fex in can never be embodied, if I may ufe the ¿xprcfljon, in perfons ; fo as to create in us love, veneration, admiration, or attachment. But that fort cf reafon which ba nifties the affeaitn* is incapable of filling • their place. Thefe public...
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Works, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...mechanic philofophy, our inftitutions can never be embodied, if I rcay ufe the expreflion, in perfons j fo as to create in us love, veneration, admiration, or attachment. But that fort of reafon which banifhes the aflfecYions is . incapable of filling their place. Thefe public aftectipns,...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...mechar.ick philofophy, our inftitutions can never be embodied, if I may ufe the exprdllon, in perfcns; fo as to create in us love, veneration, admiration, or attachment. But that fort of reafon which banilhes the alfections is incapable of filling their place. Thefe publick affections,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...that sort of reason which banishes the affections is incapable of filling their place. These publick affections, combined with manners, are required sometimes...The precept given by a wise man, as well as a great critick, for the construction of poems, is equally true as to states : — Non satis est pulchra esse...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1815 - 464 pages
...incapable of filling their place. These publick affections, combined with manners, are required spmetimes as supplements, sometimes as correctives, always as...The precept given by a wise man, as well as a great critick, for the construction of poems, is equally true as to states : — Non satis est pulchra esse...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...engages the affections on the part of the commonweakh. Ou the principles of this mechanic philosophy, our an to create in us love, veneration, admiration, or attachment. But that sort of reason which banishes...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...the affections on the part of the commonwealth. On the principles of this mechanic philosophy, our comhined with manners, are required sometimes as supplements, sometimes as correctives, always as aids...
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 548 pages
...On the principles of this mechanic philosophy, our institutions can never be embodied, if I may 7* use the expression, in persons ; so as to create in us love, reneration, admiration, or attachment. But that sort of reason which banishes the affections is incapable...
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Lectures on History: Second and Concluding Series, on the French ..., Volume 3

William Smyth - France - 1840 - 446 pages
...the affections on the part of the commonwealth. On the principles of this mechanic philosophy, our institutions can never be embodied, if I may use the...affections, is incapable of filling their place." And again, in another place, — " Four hundred years have gone over us, but I believe we are not materially...
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