Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... better . The Black is particularly useful for fetting off the Whiteness of the Neck and Skin . The Eyes , black , chefnut , or blue ; clear , bright , and lively ; and rather large in Proportion than small . The Eyebrows , well divided ...
... better . The Black is particularly useful for fetting off the Whiteness of the Neck and Skin . The Eyes , black , chefnut , or blue ; clear , bright , and lively ; and rather large in Proportion than small . The Eyebrows , well divided ...
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... better or worse Humour , or in a greater or less Degree of Livelinefs . That the best Complexion , the finest Features , and the exacteft Shape , without any thing of the Mind expreffed on the Face , is as infipid and un- moving , as ...
... better or worse Humour , or in a greater or less Degree of Livelinefs . That the best Complexion , the finest Features , and the exacteft Shape , without any thing of the Mind expreffed on the Face , is as infipid and un- moving , as ...
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... better to be ftudied in Corregio's , Guido's , and Raphael's Pictures , than in real Life . Thus , for Inftance , if I wanted to discover what it is that makes Anger graceful , in a Sett of Features full of the greatest Sweetness ; I ...
... better to be ftudied in Corregio's , Guido's , and Raphael's Pictures , than in real Life . Thus , for Inftance , if I wanted to discover what it is that makes Anger graceful , in a Sett of Features full of the greatest Sweetness ; I ...
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... better than by any Expreffions I could poffibly use to describe it .舅 The Grace of Attitudes may belong to the Pofi- tion of each Part , as well as to the Carriage or Dif- [ s ] Thus when the French ufe the Expreffion of une bouche ...
... better than by any Expreffions I could poffibly use to describe it .舅 The Grace of Attitudes may belong to the Pofi- tion of each Part , as well as to the Carriage or Dif- [ s ] Thus when the French ufe the Expreffion of une bouche ...
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... better [ x ] Half of the Woman . " There are Two very diftinct ( and , as it were , op- pofite ) Sorts of Grace ; the Majestic , and the Fa- [ x ] Crine decorum . Horace , lib . i . Od . 32. 12 . Intonfofque agitaret Apollinis aura ...
... better [ x ] Half of the Woman . " There are Two very diftinct ( and , as it were , op- pofite ) Sorts of Grace ; the Majestic , and the Fa- [ x ] Crine decorum . Horace , lib . i . Od . 32. 12 . Intonfofque agitaret Apollinis aura ...
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