Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Notions of Beauty ! - " Was I to let you into all my Thoughts about Beauty , replied CRITO , what I happened to mention juft now would , perhaps , appear far from being unin- telligible to you . To own the Truth , I have thought on this ...
... Notions of Beauty ! - " Was I to let you into all my Thoughts about Beauty , replied CRITO , what I happened to mention juft now would , perhaps , appear far from being unin- telligible to you . To own the Truth , I have thought on this ...
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... Notions of Beauty . Who , for Heaven's Sake , can reduce to Rules , what is so quick , and fo variable , as to be shifting its Appearances every Mo- ment , on the most delightful Faces ? — " And why are thofe Faces the most delightful ...
... Notions of Beauty . Who , for Heaven's Sake , can reduce to Rules , what is so quick , and fo variable , as to be shifting its Appearances every Mo- ment , on the most delightful Faces ? — " And why are thofe Faces the most delightful ...
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... Notion of it ; as may be inferred from the original Import [ 6 ] of the Names which they used for this Part of Beauty . The Greeks , as well as the Romans , must have been of this Opinion ; when , in fettling their My- thology , they ...
... Notion of it ; as may be inferred from the original Import [ 6 ] of the Names which they used for this Part of Beauty . The Greeks , as well as the Romans , must have been of this Opinion ; when , in fettling their My- thology , they ...
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Robert Dodsley. Yet , even as to Grace itself , under the Notion of Pleafingness ( as I was just now calling it , ) it may become almoft univerfal ; and be as fubject to the Dominion of Fancy , as any of the less fignificant Parts of ...
Robert Dodsley. Yet , even as to Grace itself , under the Notion of Pleafingness ( as I was just now calling it , ) it may become almoft univerfal ; and be as fubject to the Dominion of Fancy , as any of the less fignificant Parts of ...
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... Notion of the Multitude . Hippocrates informs us , that his Mother used fre- quently to tell him , fhe had no carnal Intercourse with his Father for near two Years before his Birth , but that the found herself ftrangely influenced one ...
... Notion of the Multitude . Hippocrates informs us , that his Mother used fre- quently to tell him , fhe had no carnal Intercourse with his Father for near two Years before his Birth , but that the found herself ftrangely influenced one ...
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againſt almoſt anſwer Apollo Belvedere Beauty becauſe beft beſt Cafe Cauſe Charms chooſe Cicero Color Confequence confider Converfation CRITO defigned defire deformed Perfons Delicacy Difpofition eafy Efteem Elegance Eunuchs Expreffion faid fame feems fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt focial fome fometimes foon ftill fuch fuppofe fure give Grace greateſt Happineſs hath higheſt himſelf Honour Houſe human Inftance itſelf juft juſt Ladies laft leaft leaſt lefs leſs Love Mankind Manner ment MILESIUS Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary never Number obferved Occafion Ovid paffed Paffions paſs Philocles Philofopher pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible polite prefent preſent Purpoſe raiſed Reaſon refined Reſpect Rife ſay ſcarce ſee ſeems ſeen Senfe Senſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome Sophronius ſpeak ſuch Tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thouſand Tibullus TIMANTHES tion underſtand uſed Vafes Virtue Weakneſs whilft whofe Wiſdom wiſh World
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Page 184 - By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 315 - In . the Revised Statutes, the words "or otherwise" were intentionally omitted. Hence the duty of personal examination became, in all cases, imperative. So great, however, is the tax imposed by this requirement upon the time of...
Page 35 - In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour.
Page 115 - 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 131 - WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own...
Page 34 - 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 103 - Danger of being trampled trampled upon, or ftifled 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, fmce I was like to be fqueezed to death there againft the Wall.
Page 124 - DEFORMITY: bring down the Perfon envied to his own Level; but if it is on account of Superiority of Fortune, it will operate alike on Men of all Shapes. Eunuchs have but one peculiar Motive to Envy; but that (as Lord Bacon exprefles it) makes them envious towards all: becaufe it is for a Pleafure, which all but themfelves may enjoy. Deformed Perfons are deprived only of Beauty and Strength, and therefore thofe alone are to be deemed the extraordinary Motives to their Envy ; for they can no more be...
Page 29 - I believe, it is fo. We know that the Soul is, but we fcarce know what it is ; every Judge of Beauty can point out Grace; but no one that I know of has ever yet fixt upon a Definition for it.
Page 240 - Exactly parallel to this, is that wrong Notion, which many have, that nothing more is due from them to their Neighbours, than what refults from a Principle of...