Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Mankind ; as we may guefs from the [ g ] Languages of feveral Nations ; in which fome Words that answer to our Proper or Becoming , are used indifferently for Beau- tiful or Graceful . And yet I cannot think ( as fome feem inclined to ...
... Mankind ; as we may guefs from the [ g ] Languages of feveral Nations ; in which fome Words that answer to our Proper or Becoming , are used indifferently for Beau- tiful or Graceful . And yet I cannot think ( as fome feem inclined to ...
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... Mankind ; and a very great Excellence in either , falls to the Lot of but a few . However , good Judgment is the more common of the Two ; and , I believe , People in general are more capable of judging right of Beauty ( at least , in ...
... Mankind ; and a very great Excellence in either , falls to the Lot of but a few . However , good Judgment is the more common of the Two ; and , I believe , People in general are more capable of judging right of Beauty ( at least , in ...
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... Mankind even in making us capable of all this Variety of Miftakes . If every Perfon judged exactly right of Beauty , every Man [ m ] The glowing Dames of Zama's royal Court Have Faces flufht with more exalted Charms : The Sun , that ...
... Mankind even in making us capable of all this Variety of Miftakes . If every Perfon judged exactly right of Beauty , every Man [ m ] The glowing Dames of Zama's royal Court Have Faces flufht with more exalted Charms : The Sun , that ...
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... World , with which he is beft entertained ; and that Montaigne did not write for Praise , but to give the World a true Picture of himself and of Mankind . I do not pretend to be fo ingenious as Montaigne I do [ 93 ] DEFORMITY; ...
... World , with which he is beft entertained ; and that Montaigne did not write for Praise , but to give the World a true Picture of himself and of Mankind . I do not pretend to be fo ingenious as Montaigne I do [ 93 ] DEFORMITY; ...
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... Mankind , I have always felt a Reluctance to pro- duce a bad Figure , which may be some Obstruction to a Man's Advancement in the World ; but an Ad- vantage in restraining his Fondness for it . Unmerited Reflexions on a Man's Perfon are ...
... Mankind , I have always felt a Reluctance to pro- duce a bad Figure , which may be some Obstruction to a Man's Advancement in the World ; but an Ad- vantage in restraining his Fondness for it . Unmerited Reflexions on a Man's Perfon are ...
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