Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Grace . The Two former of which I should look upon as the Body , and the Two latter as the Soul , of Beauty . THO ' Color be the lowest of all the conftituent Parts of Beauty , yet it is vulgarly the moft ftriking , and the most ...
... Grace . The Two former of which I should look upon as the Body , and the Two latter as the Soul , of Beauty . THO ' Color be the lowest of all the conftituent Parts of Beauty , yet it is vulgarly the moft ftriking , and the most ...
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... Grace : The former of which , is common to all Perfons and Faces ; and the latter , is to be met with but in very few . BY Expreffion , I mean the Expreffion of the Paffions ; the Turns and Changes of the Mind , fo far as they are made ...
... Grace : The former of which , is common to all Perfons and Faces ; and the latter , is to be met with but in very few . BY Expreffion , I mean the Expreffion of the Paffions ; the Turns and Changes of the Mind , fo far as they are made ...
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... Grace . I once knew a very fine Woman , who was ad- mired by every body that faw her , and fcarce loved by any body . This Ineffectualnefs of all her Beau- ties was occafioned by a Want of the pleafing Paffi- ons ons in her Face , an an ...
... Grace . I once knew a very fine Woman , who was ad- mired by every body that faw her , and fcarce loved by any body . This Ineffectualnefs of all her Beau- ties was occafioned by a Want of the pleafing Paffi- ons ons in her Face , an an ...
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... Grace ; which every body is accustomed to speak of as a Thing [ r ] inexplicable ; and , in a great Mea- [ ] Decorum quoddam arcanum , atque felicitas ; cujus effectum in multis videmus quotidie ; caufam verò reddere nemo poteft ...
... Grace ; which every body is accustomed to speak of as a Thing [ r ] inexplicable ; and , in a great Mea- [ ] Decorum quoddam arcanum , atque felicitas ; cujus effectum in multis videmus quotidie ; caufam verò reddere nemo poteft ...
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... Grace ; but no one that I know of has ever yet fixt upon a Definition for it . Grace often depends on fome very little Incidents in a fine Face ; and in Actions , it confifts more in the Manner of doing Things , than in the things ...
... Grace ; but no one that I know of has ever yet fixt upon a Definition for it . Grace often depends on fome very little Incidents in a fine Face ; and in Actions , it confifts more in the Manner of doing Things , than in the things ...
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