Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... pleasing Look ; which is fo apt to attract the Eye , and but too often to engage the Heart . For all this Sort of Beauty is refolvable into a proper Variation of Flesh Color and Red , with the clear Blueness of the Veins pleasingly ...
... pleasing Look ; which is fo apt to attract the Eye , and but too often to engage the Heart . For all this Sort of Beauty is refolvable into a proper Variation of Flesh Color and Red , with the clear Blueness of the Veins pleasingly ...
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... 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 Concern , are beautiful ; but all Excess is hurt- ful , and all Excess ugly ...
... 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 Concern , are beautiful ; but all Excess is hurt- ful , and all Excess ugly ...
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... pleasing one , there is now - and - then ( for no Part of Beauty is eis ther fo engaging , or fo uncommon ) a certain Delici- ousness that almost always lives about the Mouth , in fomething not quite enough to be called a Smile , but ...
... pleasing one , there is now - and - then ( for no Part of Beauty is eis ther fo engaging , or fo uncommon ) a certain Delici- ousness that almost always lives about the Mouth , in fomething not quite enough to be called a Smile , but ...
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Robert Dodsley. miliar ; I should have called the latter by the Name of Pleasing , had not I been afraid of a Tautology for Grace is Pleafingness itself : The former belongs chiefly to the very fine Women ; and the latter , to the very ...
Robert Dodsley. miliar ; I should have called the latter by the Name of Pleasing , had not I been afraid of a Tautology for Grace is Pleafingness itself : The former belongs chiefly to the very fine Women ; and the latter , to the very ...
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... pleasing Motion , either of the whole Body , or of fome Limb , or , at least , of fome Feature . And it may be hence , that Lord Bacon ( and , perhaps , Horace , ) [ d ] call Grace , by the Name of decent Motion ; just as if they were ...
... pleasing Motion , either of the whole Body , or of fome Limb , or , at least , of fome Feature . And it may be hence , that Lord Bacon ( and , perhaps , Horace , ) [ d ] call Grace , by the Name of decent Motion ; just as if they were ...
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