Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... mentioned ; and , as foon as I could , led the Converfation into another Chan- nel ; and said every thing I could ... mention juft now would , perhaps , appear far from being unin- telligible to you . To own the Truth , I have thought on ...
... mentioned ; and , as foon as I could , led the Converfation into another Chan- nel ; and said every thing I could ... mention juft now would , perhaps , appear far from being unin- telligible to you . To own the Truth , I have thought on ...
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... mentioned ) to Variety ; that being defigned by Nature for the greatest Concourse of different Co- lors , of any Part in the human Body . Colors please by Oppofition ; and it is in the Face that they are the most diverfified , and the ...
... mentioned ) to Variety ; that being defigned by Nature for the greatest Concourse of different Co- lors , of any Part in the human Body . Colors please by Oppofition ; and it is in the Face that they are the most diverfified , and the ...
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... mention , before I quit this Head ; that I should chufe to comprehend fome Things under this Article of Color , which are not perhaps commonly meant by that Name . As that appearing Softness or Silkiness of fome Skins , that [ d ] ...
... mention , before I quit this Head ; that I should chufe to comprehend fome Things under this Article of Color , which are not perhaps commonly meant by that Name . As that appearing Softness or Silkiness of fome Skins , that [ d ] ...
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... mentioned , or hinted at , by several of 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 ...
... mentioned , or hinted at , by several of 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 ...
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... mentioned ; and if any one was not thoroughly convinced of it , I should beg him to con- [ • ] - Afide the Devil turn'd For Envy ; yet , with jealous Leer malign , Ey'd them afkance , Paradife Loft , Book iv . 504 . fider 量 fider a ...
... mentioned ; and if any one was not thoroughly convinced of it , I should beg him to con- [ • ] - Afide the Devil turn'd For Envy ; yet , with jealous Leer malign , Ey'd them afkance , Paradife Loft , Book iv . 504 . fider 量 fider a ...
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