The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 539 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12).

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 539 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12).

XIII.  Magnificence 154

XIV.  Light 156

XV.  Light in Building 157

XVI.  Color considered as productive of the Sublime 158

XVII.  Sound and Loudness 159

XVIII.  Suddenness 160

XIX.  Intermitting 160

XX.  The Cries of Animals 161

XXI.  Smell and Taste—­Bitters and Stenches 162

XXII.  Feeling.—­Pain 164

PART III.

I. Of Beauty 165

II.  Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166

III.  Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals 170

IV.  Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172

V. Proportion further considered 178

VI.  Fitness not the Cause of Beauty 181

VII.  The Real Effects of Fitness 184

VIII.  The Recapitulation 187

IX.  Perfection not the Cause of Beauty 187

X. How far the Idea of Beauty may be applied to the
       Qualities of the Mind 188

XI.  How far the Idea of Beauty may be applied to Virtue 190

XII.  The Real Cause of Beauty 191

XIII.  Beautiful Objects Small 191

XIV.  Smoothness 193

XV.  Gradual Variation 194

XVI.  Delicacy 195

XVII.  Beauty in Color 196

XVIII.  Recapitulation 197

XIX.  The Physiognomy 198

XX.  The Eye 198

XXI.  Ugliness 199

XXII.  Grace 200

XXIII.  Elegance and Speciousness 200

XXIV.  The Beautiful in Feeling 201

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