Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: Crito, by Sir Harry Beaumont. A particular account of the emperor of China's gardens, by Sir Harry Beaumont. Deformity, by William Hay. Lucina sine concubita, by Abraham Johnson. A modest defense of gaming. The pretty gentleman. The polite philosopher. The plan of an essay upon delicacy, by Nathanael LancasterRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 |
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... Sort of Beauty is refolvable into a proper Variation of FlefhtColor and Red , with the clear Bluenefs of the Veins pleasingly intermixed about the Temples and the Going off of the Cheeks , and fet off by the Shades Shades of full ...
... Sort of Beauty is refolvable into a proper Variation of FlefhtColor and Red , with the clear Bluenefs of the Veins pleasingly intermixed about the Temples and the Going off of the Cheeks , and fet off by the Shades Shades of full ...
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... Sort , in Two very pretty Lines : Love , Hope , and Foy , fair Pleasure's smiling Train ; Hate , Fear , and Grief , the Family of Pain , 1 The former of which , naturally give an additional Luftre and Enlivening to a Beauty ; as the ...
... Sort , in Two very pretty Lines : Love , Hope , and Foy , fair Pleasure's smiling Train ; Hate , Fear , and Grief , the Family of Pain , 1 The former of which , naturally give an additional Luftre and Enlivening to a Beauty ; as the ...
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... Sort of Handfomenefs , and probably from much the fame Caufe ; the Goodness of his Features be- ing overlaid by the Ugliness of the Paffions that appeared on his Face . The finest Eyes in the World , with an Excess of Malice or Rage in ...
... Sort of Handfomenefs , and probably from much the fame Caufe ; the Goodness of his Features be- ing overlaid by the Ugliness of the Paffions that appeared on his Face . The finest Eyes in the World , with an Excess of Malice or Rage in ...
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... Sort of Grace ; and the latter , with the familiar . Graceful , yet each with different Grace they move ; This ftriking facred Awe , that fofter winning Love . The ftrongest Examples of each kind that I ever remember to have feen , was ...
... Sort of Grace ; and the latter , with the familiar . Graceful , yet each with different Grace they move ; This ftriking facred Awe , that fofter winning Love . The ftrongest Examples of each kind that I ever remember to have feen , was ...
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Robert Dodsley. particularly , in that Sort of Dances which aré meant to exprefs Characters and Paffions ; and in which you may eafily recollect how much Comargo excelled , for the nobler Sort of Grace ; and Foffan- ine , for the more ...
Robert Dodsley. particularly , in that Sort of Dances which aré meant to exprefs Characters and Paffions ; and in which you may eafily recollect how much Comargo excelled , for the nobler Sort of Grace ; and Foffan- ine , for the more ...
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Página 113 - 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.
Página 98 - I hope never to give them caufe to object to my Behaviour. They are not like a venal Borough, of which there goes a Story ; that, though they never took Exceptions to any Man's Character, who came up to their Price ; yet they once rejected the beft Bidder, becaufe he was a Negroe.
Página 113 - Deformity neceflarily implies a want of it, a deformed Perfon muft then be a complete Monfter. But however common the Cafe may be, my own Senfations inform me, that it is not univerfally true.
Página 21 - ... and unkind ones add to deformity; and it is on this account that good nature may, very juftly, be faid to be c 'the belt feature, even in the fineft face.
Página 34 - Object. A Head that is quite unactive, and flung flat upon the Canvas (like the Faces on Medals after the Fall of the Roman Empire, or the Gothic Heads before the Revival of the Arts) will be so far from having any Grace, that it will not even have any Life in it. " The Second Observation is : That there can be no Grace, -with Impropriety; or, in other Words, that nothing can be graceful, that is not adapted to the Characters of the Person.
Página 101 - 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.
Página 110 - As it is more uncommon, it is more remarkable; and that, perhaps, is the true Reafon, why it is more ridiculed by the Vulgar. Since this is the Cafe, I appeal to my Fraternity...
Página 67 - Line; but look rude and rustic, with different Pieces of Rock, some of which jut out, and others recede inwards; and are placed with so much Art, that you would take it to be the Work of Nature.
Página 313 - 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...
Página 111 - Phyfiognomy. fome Years ago, I infifted on being drawn as I am, and that the ftrong Marks of the Small Pox might appear in my Face ; for I did not choofe to Colour over a Lye. The Painter faid, he never was allowed fuch Liberty before ; and I advifed him, if he hoped to be in vogue, never to...