Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... difcover- ing me ( just as I was doubting whether I should re- tire or not , ) added so much to the other Beauties of her Face , that I think I never faw her look so charm- B 3 ing in me . - - ing in my Life . ON BEAUTY . 5.
... difcover- ing me ( just as I was doubting whether I should re- tire or not , ) added so much to the other Beauties of her Face , that I think I never faw her look so charm- B 3 ing in me . - - ing in my Life . ON BEAUTY . 5.
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... never yet had a fingle Dé- fire to reason - upon ; and I can very willingly leave it to you , to be a Philofopher in Love . - But seriously , interpofed TIMANTHES , turning toward CRITO , if you have ever found Leifure and Calmnefs ...
... never yet had a fingle Dé- fire to reason - upon ; and I can very willingly leave it to you , to be a Philofopher in Love . - But seriously , interpofed TIMANTHES , turning toward CRITO , if you have ever found Leifure and Calmnefs ...
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... never knew any thing of the Mat- ter , till I happened one Morning to catch her at her Toilet , before fhe had deformed herself by putting on her Headcloaths . If that beautiful round Oak , with fo fine and ftrait a Body , had a Tent or ...
... never knew any thing of the Mat- ter , till I happened one Morning to catch her at her Toilet , before fhe had deformed herself by putting on her Headcloaths . If that beautiful round Oak , with fo fine and ftrait a Body , had a Tent or ...
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... never feen her without a fort of Hoop - petticoat , very much ftiffen- ed with Pearls and Jewels , and reaching all down her Body ; quite from her Neck , to her Feet . Queen Elizabeth might have been well - fhaped to as little : Purpose ...
... never feen her without a fort of Hoop - petticoat , very much ftiffen- ed with Pearls and Jewels , and reaching all down her Body ; quite from her Neck , to her Feet . Queen Elizabeth might have been well - fhaped to as little : Purpose ...
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... never meant in her Shape . I have heard a very nice Critic in Beauty fay , that he was never well acquainted with any Woman in England , that was not , in fome Degree , crooked ; and I have often heard another Gentleman , that has been ...
... never meant in her Shape . I have heard a very nice Critic in Beauty fay , that he was never well acquainted with any Woman in England , that was not , in fome Degree , crooked ; and I have often heard another Gentleman , that has been ...
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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...