Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... represent . The Reason why these Colors please so much is not only their natural Liveliness , nor the much great- er Charms they obtain from their being properly blended together , but is alfo owing in fome Degree to the Idea they carry ...
... represent . The Reason why these Colors please so much is not only their natural Liveliness , nor the much great- er Charms they obtain from their being properly blended together , but is alfo owing in fome Degree to the Idea they carry ...
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... represented as in fome Action , or Motion ; and the moft graceful Statue in the World ( the Apollo Belvedere ) is so much so , that when one faces it at a little Distance , one is almost apt to imagine , that he is actually going to ...
... represented as in fome Action , or Motion ; and the moft graceful Statue in the World ( the Apollo Belvedere ) is so much so , that when one faces it at a little Distance , one is almost apt to imagine , that he is actually going to ...
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... represent the most beautiful Women , he is fure to give them a good Share of Corpulence . It feems as if nobody could be a Beau- ty with him , under Two Hundred Weight . His very Graces are all fat . But this may go much farther than ...
... represent the most beautiful Women , he is fure to give them a good Share of Corpulence . It feems as if nobody could be a Beau- ty with him , under Two Hundred Weight . His very Graces are all fat . But this may go much farther than ...
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... represented with the greatest and moft com- manding Beauty . The fame appears yet ftronger from their using the Words Good [ n ] and Beautiful indifferently for each other ; as if all Beauty was contained in Goodness . 1 Indeed the ...
... represented with the greatest and moft com- manding Beauty . The fame appears yet ftronger from their using the Words Good [ n ] and Beautiful indifferently for each other ; as if all Beauty was contained in Goodness . 1 Indeed the ...
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... represented in Miniature . You will certainly ask for what Use this City was intended ? Is it that the Emperor may retreat to it as a Place of Safety , on any Revolt , or Revolution ? It might indeed ferve well enough for that Purpose ...
... represented in Miniature . You will certainly ask for what Use this City was intended ? Is it that the Emperor may retreat to it as a Place of Safety , on any Revolt , or Revolution ? It might indeed ferve well enough for that Purpose ...
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