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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. "
Crito; or, A dialogue on beauty [translated] by H. Beaumont (pseud. of ... - Page 37
by Robert Dodsley - 1762
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The Tragedy of King Richard II: With an Introduction and Notes

William Shakespeare, Kenneth Deighton - 1901 - 228 pages
...show ; Yet, still. 168. favours, features, appearance ; " 'in beauty,' says Bacon in his 43rd Essay, ' that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. ' The word is now lost to us in that sense ; but...
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The Works of Shakespeare ..., Volume 35

William Shakespeare - 1906 - 250 pages
..." . 98. favour] complexion, feature, look. '"In beauty,'" says Bacon in his forty-third essay, " ' that of favour is more than that of colour; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour'. The word is now lost to us in that sense; but...
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Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1902 - 868 pages
...Persia, were all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In l>eauty, L K } h e&Ɖ ڸ ׶g z ! + π + a n + M decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the l>e»t part of beauly which a picture...
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Hamlet, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1905 - 532 pages
...the mirror. 183. favour] STEEVENS: Countenance or complexion. CLARENDON: So in Bacon, Essay xliii : ' In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour.' Ham. And smelt so ? puh ! [Puts down the skull....
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The New Atlantis of Francis ...

Francis Bacon - Utopias - 1905 - 200 pages
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Hamlet: Edited by Horace Howard Furness, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1905 - 512 pages
...the mirror. 183. favour] STEEVENS: Countenance or complexion. CLARENDON: So in Bacon, Essay xliii : < In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour.' ACT v, sc. i.] HAMLET 397 — Ham. And smelt...
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare - Exiles - 1905 - 156 pages
...reference is rather to colouring, in favour to looks generally. Bacon, Essays, Of Truth, writes, ' In beauty that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour.' We still use the expressions ' well ' or ' ill-favoured,'...
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The Essayes Or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1906 - 246 pages
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The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 34

William Shakespeare - 1906 - 248 pages
...". 98. favour] complexion, feature, look. " ' In beauty,' " says Bacon in his forty-third essay, "' that of favour is more than that of colour; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour'. The word is now lost to us in that sense ; but...
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Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare - 1906 - 264 pages
...late a 98. favour] complexion, feature, look. "'In beauty,'" says Bacon in his forty-third essay, " ' that of favour is more than that of colour; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour'. The word is now lost to us in that sense ; but...
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