Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... human Creature fhould treat fo much Goodness , and fo many Charms , with fo much Bar- barity of Behaviour ! " - We all know the Vileness of the Man , cried MILESIUS , as well as the Beauty and good Qualities of his Lady ; but , pray ...
... human Creature fhould treat fo much Goodness , and fo many Charms , with fo much Bar- barity of Behaviour ! " - We all know the Vileness of the Man , cried MILESIUS , as well as the Beauty and good Qualities of his Lady ; but , pray ...
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... human Beauty ; and that again , to fuch as is natural or real , and not fuch as is only national or customary ; for I would not have you imagine , that I would have any thing to do with the beautiful thick Lips of the good People of ...
... human Beauty ; and that again , to fuch as is natural or real , and not fuch as is only national or customary ; for I would not have you imagine , that I would have any thing to do with the beautiful thick Lips of the good People of ...
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... human Body . Colors please by Oppofition ; and it is in the Face that they are the most diverfified , and the most opposed . You would laugh out perhaps , if I was to tell you , that the fame Thing , which makes a fine Evening , makes a ...
... human Body . Colors please by Oppofition ; and it is in the Face that they are the most diverfified , and the most opposed . You would laugh out perhaps , if I was to tell you , that the fame Thing , which makes a fine Evening , makes a ...
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... the Roman Writers : Humanam fupra formam . Phædrus , lib . iv , f . 23 . Forma nifi in veras non cadit illa Deas . Ovid . Her , Epift . xviii . 68 . all all human Beauty , and of a Nature greatly fuperior 14 DIALOGUE A.
... the Roman Writers : Humanam fupra formam . Phædrus , lib . iv , f . 23 . Forma nifi in veras non cadit illa Deas . Ovid . Her , Epift . xviii . 68 . all all human Beauty , and of a Nature greatly fuperior 14 DIALOGUE A.
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... human Form is much fuperior to that of Color ; and it may be partly for this Reason , that when one is obferving the finest Works of the Artists at Rome ( where there is ftill the noblest Collection of any in the World , ) one feels the ...
... human Form is much fuperior to that of Color ; and it may be partly for this Reason , that when one is obferving the finest Works of the Artists at Rome ( where there is ftill the noblest Collection of any in the World , ) one feels the ...
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