Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... understand what I mean by your own Memory , better than by any Expreffions : I could poffibly use to defcribe it . The Grace of Attitudes may belong to the Pofi- tion of each Part , as well as to the Carriage or Dif- [ s ] Thus when the ...
... understand what I mean by your own Memory , better than by any Expreffions : I could poffibly use to defcribe it . The Grace of Attitudes may belong to the Pofi- tion of each Part , as well as to the Carriage or Dif- [ s ] Thus when the ...
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... understand this Part of Beauty fo well as our own Milton . He fpeaks of these Two Sorts of Grace very diftinctly ; and gives the Majestic [ b ] to his Adam , and both the Familiar and Majeftic to Eve ; but the latter in a less Degree ...
... understand this Part of Beauty fo well as our own Milton . He fpeaks of these Two Sorts of Grace very diftinctly ; and gives the Majestic [ b ] to his Adam , and both the Familiar and Majeftic to Eve ; but the latter in a less Degree ...
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... Understanding have felt them . Even Mr. Pope was not invulnerable in this Part . For when the Dunces were foiled by his Writings , 1 they printed a Caricatura of his Figure ; and 4 they 96 DEFORMITY : filaus confutes ...
... Understanding have felt them . Even Mr. Pope was not invulnerable in this Part . For when the Dunces were foiled by his Writings , 1 they printed a Caricatura of his Figure ; and 4 they 96 DEFORMITY : filaus confutes ...
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... Understanding ! Thou Parent of every intellectual Improvement , and of every moral Virtue ! Another great Prefervative of Health is , moderate Exercife ; which few deformed Perfons can want Strength to perform . I never chofe long ...
... Understanding ! Thou Parent of every intellectual Improvement , and of every moral Virtue ! Another great Prefervative of Health is , moderate Exercife ; which few deformed Perfons can want Strength to perform . I never chofe long ...
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... understand ; while thofe , who understand them better , neglect them : that they , who labour and live hard , are more thank- ful to Heaven , than those who fare luxurioufly on the Fruits of their Labour ; and are keeping and repeating ...
... understand ; while thofe , who understand them better , neglect them : that they , who labour and live hard , are more thank- ful to Heaven , than those who fare luxurioufly on the Fruits of their Labour ; and are keeping and repeating ...
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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...