 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 800 pages
...that lord Bacon calls grace by the name of decent motion, just as if they were equivalent terms : " in beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour:...gracious and decent motion more than that of favour." Virgil in one place points out the majesty of Juno, and in another the graceful air of Apollo, by only... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...the sophi of Persia, were all high and great spirits ; and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...the sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...the sophy of Persia', were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...Hence Lord Bacon calls grace by the name of decent motion, just as if they were equivalent terms. " In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour;...gracious and decent motion, more than that of favour." Whatever may be the causes, it is certain, that grace is chief in the constituent parts of beauty;... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...the sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour, is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...the sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour, is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...the sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour, is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture... | |
 | James Barry - 1831 - 228 pages
...aggregate nature, which is very unworthy his fine and penetrating genius: the passage is as follows : " In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, and that of decent and gracious, more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...the sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and grac;ous motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture... | |
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In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. 
