Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Virtue . Thus an exceffive Joy may be too boisterous in the Face to be pleasing ; and a Degree of Grief , in fome Faces , and on fome Occafions , may be ex- tremely beautiful . Some Degrees of Anger , Shame , Surprize , Fear , and ...
... Virtue . Thus an exceffive Joy may be too boisterous in the Face to be pleasing ; and a Degree of Grief , in fome Faces , and on fome Occafions , may be ex- tremely beautiful . Some Degrees of Anger , Shame , Surprize , Fear , and ...
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... Virtue commands , Modefty charms , Joy enlivens , Sorrow engages , and Inclination fires the Hearts of the Beholders : It is there that even Fear , and An- ger , and Confufion , can be charming . But all thefe , to be charming , muft be ...
... Virtue commands , Modefty charms , Joy enlivens , Sorrow engages , and Inclination fires the Hearts of the Beholders : It is there that even Fear , and An- ger , and Confufion , can be charming . But all thefe , to be charming , muft be ...
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... Virtue is naturally the moft beautiful and lovely Thing in the World ; and Vice the most odious and deformed . There is also a Propriety in the Timing of Beauty . Thus , for Inftance , a Peach or a Pine - apple are in their highest ...
... Virtue is naturally the moft beautiful and lovely Thing in the World ; and Vice the most odious and deformed . There is also a Propriety in the Timing of Beauty . Thus , for Inftance , a Peach or a Pine - apple are in their highest ...
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... Virtue . It was extremely well faid by Plato , That if Virtue was to appear in a vifible Shape , all Men would be enamoured of her : And it seems as if the Greeks and Romans in general had had this Idea of her Beauty , because the God ...
... Virtue . It was extremely well faid by Plato , That if Virtue was to appear in a vifible Shape , all Men would be enamoured of her : And it seems as if the Greeks and Romans in general had had this Idea of her Beauty , because the God ...
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... Virtue is the fupreme Beauty , so is Vice the moft odious of all Deformities . I do not know how to make this more evident to you by any Inftance , than by that of the different Conduct of Two very celebrated Poets , Milton and Taffo ...
... Virtue is the fupreme Beauty , so is Vice the moft odious of all Deformities . I do not know how to make this more evident to you by any Inftance , than by that of the different Conduct of Two very celebrated Poets , Milton and Taffo ...
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