Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Person of a Grace , like Poetry , must be born with a Person ' ; and is never , wholly , to be acquired by Art . The most celebrated of all the ancient Painters , was Apelles ; and the most celebrated of all the Mo- dern , Raphael : And ...
... Person of a Grace , like Poetry , must be born with a Person ' ; and is never , wholly , to be acquired by Art . The most celebrated of all the ancient Painters , was Apelles ; and the most celebrated of all the Mo- dern , Raphael : And ...
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... Person of a mild Temper is more apt to be pleased with the gent- ler Paffions in the Face of his Mistress ; and one of a very lively Turn would choose more of Spirit and Vivacity in his ; that little People are inclined to prefer pretty ...
... Person of a mild Temper is more apt to be pleased with the gent- ler Paffions in the Face of his Mistress ; and one of a very lively Turn would choose more of Spirit and Vivacity in his ; that little People are inclined to prefer pretty ...
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... Person who is truly in Love , will be pleased with every Motion and Air of the Perfon be- loved ; which is the most diftinguishing Character that belongs to Grace . ' Tis true , this is all a mif- taken Grace ; but , as to that ...
... Person who is truly in Love , will be pleased with every Motion and Air of the Perfon be- loved ; which is the most diftinguishing Character that belongs to Grace . ' Tis true , this is all a mif- taken Grace ; but , as to that ...
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... Person as the Man of Rofs , than in all the Victories of our Edwards and our Harries ? or ( to go farther back in Hiftory ) how much more amiable is the Death of Socrates , than the whole Life of Alexander the Great ? As Virtue is the ...
... Person as the Man of Rofs , than in all the Victories of our Edwards and our Harries ? or ( to go farther back in Hiftory ) how much more amiable is the Death of Socrates , than the whole Life of Alexander the Great ? As Virtue is the ...
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... Person who had the chief Hand in making and publishing it . There were but Eight Volumes that had appeared before he undertook the Care of it , which was in the Year 1711 ; and he carried it on , in Eighteen more , to the Year 1743 ...
... Person who had the chief Hand in making and publishing it . There were but Eight Volumes that had appeared before he undertook the Care of it , which was in the Year 1711 ; and he carried it on , in Eighteen more , to the Year 1743 ...
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