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The Two former of which I shall look upon as the Body, and the Two latter as the
Soul, of Beauty. • THO' Color be the lowest of all the constituent Parts of Beauty,
yet it is vulgarly the most striking, and the most observed. For which there is a ...
The Two former of which I shall look upon as the Body, and the Two latter as the
Soul, of Beauty. • THO' Color be the lowest of all the constituent Parts of Beauty,
yet it is vulgarly the most striking, and the most observed. For which there is a ...
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If that beautiful round Oak, with so fine and strait a Body, had a Tent or sloping
Building, coming down from the Top of its Trunk to the Ground, all round it, and
Two or Three Sheets flung over the greatest Part of its Head* we should scarce
be ...
If that beautiful round Oak, with so fine and strait a Body, had a Tent or sloping
Building, coming down from the Top of its Trunk to the Ground, all round it, and
Two or Three Sheets flung over the greatest Part of its Head* we should scarce
be ...
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of Beauty first mentioned ; and if any one was not thoroughly convinced of it, I
should beg him to consider a little the following Particulars ; of which every Body
must have met with several Instances, in their Life-time. That there is a great deal
of ...
of Beauty first mentioned ; and if any one was not thoroughly convinced of it, I
should beg him to consider a little the following Particulars ; of which every Body
must have met with several Instances, in their Life-time. That there is a great deal
of ...
Page 207
Tu fine Geniuffes who 'clypfes every body, certainly sor that Reson ews every
body ins'nite Civility. Psur Puss is better this Morning — Fever pretty much abated
.. Pray, mi Dere, bow is yurf Cold ? I tho't yu was imfily hoarse last Nite. : Better
not ...
Tu fine Geniuffes who 'clypfes every body, certainly sor that Reson ews every
body ins'nite Civility. Psur Puss is better this Morning — Fever pretty much abated
.. Pray, mi Dere, bow is yurf Cold ? I tho't yu was imfily hoarse last Nite. : Better
not ...
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... than all this, they are amazed at the Coldness of their Auditors ; forgetting, that
the fame Passion inspires almost every body ; and that there is scarce a Man in
the Room who*has not a better Opinion of himself, than of any body else.
... than all this, they are amazed at the Coldness of their Auditors ; forgetting, that
the fame Passion inspires almost every body ; and that there is scarce a Man in
the Room who*has not a better Opinion of himself, than of any body else.
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Page 36 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure— Severe, but in true filial freedom placed, Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.
Page 37 - In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour.
Page 52 - Have faces flush'd with more exalted charms ; The sun that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and colour in their cheeks ; Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon forget The pale, unripen'd beauties of the North.
Page 67 - Line; but look rude and rustic, with different Pieces of Rock, some of which jut out, and others recede inwards; and are placed with so much Art, that you would take it to be the Work of Nature.
Page 113 - DEFORMED persons are commonly even with nature ; for as nature hath done ill by them, so do they by nature; being for the most part, as the Scripture saith, void of natural affection: and so they have their revenge of nature.
Page 100 - Danger of being trampled upon, or difted in a Crowd ; where my Back is a convenient Lodgment for the Elbow of any tall -Perfon that is near. I can fee nothing ; and my whole Employment is to guard my Perfon. I have forborn to attend his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers, fince I was like to be fqueezed to death there againft the Wall. I would willingly come thither when his Majefty commands, but he is too gracious to expe& Impoflibilities.
Page 23 - Pain exprefled by the Fingers of one of the Sons in the famous Group of Laocoon, and in the Toes of the dying Gladiator. But this again is often loft among us by our Drefs ; and indeed is of the...
Page 139 - Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing, As he met her once a-Maying...
Page 38 - Head that is quite unactive, and flung flat upon the Canvas (like the Faces on Medals after the Fall of the Roman Empire, or the Gothic Heads before the Revival of the Arts) will be so far from having any Grace, that it will not even have any Life in it. " The Second Observation is : That there can be no Grace, -with Impropriety; or, in other Words, that nothing can be graceful, that is not adapted to the Characters of the Person.
Page 27 - Paffions are more frequently exerted in each of their Faces, than they are in either before the reft of the World. There is then (as a certain French Writer very well exprefles it) " A Soul upon their Countenances...
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| Title | Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1 Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Robert Dodsley |
| Authors | Robert Dodsley, Joseph Spence, John Hill |
| Publisher | for P. Wilson, 1762 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Jul 2007 |
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