Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... joining us , the Cloud has been gradually clearing up , and feems now quite driven away . I would not then take any Notice of it to him , for fear of oppreffing the Mind of of my Friend whilft too much afflicted ; but as 4 A DIALOGUE.
... joining us , the Cloud has been gradually clearing up , and feems now quite driven away . I would not then take any Notice of it to him , for fear of oppreffing the Mind of of my Friend whilft too much afflicted ; but as 4 A DIALOGUE.
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... Mind from the Object that I knew afflicted her . By Degrees , the recovered her ufnal Behaviour ; but , through all the Calmnefs and Pleafingness of it , there was ftill a Cloud hanging about her Eyes , which be- trayed Part of the ...
... Mind from the Object that I knew afflicted her . By Degrees , the recovered her ufnal Behaviour ; but , through all the Calmnefs and Pleafingness of it , there was ftill a Cloud hanging about her Eyes , which be- trayed Part of the ...
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... Mind , on Recollection , may be called beautiful ; fo that Beauty , in general , may ftretch as wide as the vifible Creation , or even as far as the Imagination can go ; which is a fort of new or fecondary Creation . Thus we speak not ...
... Mind , on Recollection , may be called beautiful ; fo that Beauty , in general , may ftretch as wide as the vifible Creation , or even as far as the Imagination can go ; which is a fort of new or fecondary Creation . Thus we speak not ...
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... Mind more ftruck and more charmed with the capital Statues , than with the Pictures of the greatest Masters . One of the old Roman Poets , in speaking of a very handsome Man , who was Candidate for the Prize in Hoc ære , Ceres ; hoc ...
... Mind more ftruck and more charmed with the capital Statues , than with the Pictures of the greatest Masters . One of the old Roman Poets , in speaking of a very handsome Man , who was Candidate for the Prize in Hoc ære , Ceres ; hoc ...
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... Mind , fo far as they are made visible to the Eye , by our Looks or Gestures . Though the Mind appears principally in the Face , and Attitudes of the Head ; yet every Part almoft of the human Body , on some Occasion or other , may ...
... Mind , fo far as they are made visible to the Eye , by our Looks or Gestures . Though the Mind appears principally in the Face , and Attitudes of the Head ; yet every Part almoft of the human Body , on some Occasion or other , may ...
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