Chapter 2 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — Vol. 01 is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — Vol. 01 is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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.
Chapter 2 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke — Vol. 01 is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals 170 IV.”
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.”
carefully weighed
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.”
the quality of being suitable
From this reading “Fitness not the Cause of Beauty 181 VII.”
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.”
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.”
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.”
plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading “Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.”
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From this reading I. Of Beauty 165 II.
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From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
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From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals 170 IV.
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From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
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From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
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From this reading Fitness not the Cause of Beauty 181 VII.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals 170 IV.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading I. Of Beauty 165 II.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
carefully weighed
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
the quality of being suitable
From this reading Fitness not the Cause of Beauty 181 VII.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. Of Beauty 165 II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I. Of Beauty 165 II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals 170 IV.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I. Of Beauty 165 II.
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166 III.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species 172 V. Proportion further considered 178 VI.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Fitness not the Cause of Beauty 181 VII.
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