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" All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns and the understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature,... "
Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical - Page 174
by Edmond Burke - 1815
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain ...

Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 372 pages
...reafon. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the fuperadded ideas, furnifhed from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns, and the underftanding ratifies, as neceflary to cover the defects of our naked fhivering nature, and to raife...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 12

Books and bookselling - 1790 - 564 pages
...reafon. Л11 the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the fuperadded ideas, furnimed from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns, and the' underftanding ratifies, as neceflary to cover the defects of our naked fhivering nature, and to raife...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings ..., Issues 1-2

Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 370 pages
...reafon. All the decent drapery of life is ta be rudely torn off. All the fuperadded ideas, furnifhed from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns, and the underftanding ratifies, as neceffary to cover the defects of our naked fhivering nature, ^and to raife...
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Works, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...reafon. All the deceiU drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the fuperadded ideas; furnifhed fr6m the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns, and the iiiiderftanding ratifies, as neceflafy to cover the defects of our naked mivering nature, and to raife...
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Sonnets, and Other Poems,

William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 216 pages
...conquering empire of light and reason. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe...as a ridiculous, absurd, and antiquated fashion." BURKE'S REFLECTIONS, p. 113, 114. p. 123. L. 5. Sweet native land! ivhose every haunt is dear. "ENGLAND,...
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Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 1

William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 208 pages
...conquering empire of light and reason. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defefls of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...rcafon. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the fuperaddcd ideas, furnifhed from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns, and the underftanding ratifies, as neceffary to cover the defects of our naked fluvcring nature, and to raife...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...conquering empire of light and reason. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe...the heart owns, and the understanding ratifies, as necessarj- to cover the defects of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...conquering empire of light and reason. AH the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe...the heart owns, and the understanding ratifies, as necessar)' to cover the defects of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own...
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Sonnets, and Other Poems

William Lisle Bowles - English poetry - 1805 - 216 pages
...conquering empire of light and reason. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the dcfefts of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be...
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