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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... less pleafing Complexion . All the best Artists in the nobleft Age of Painting , about Leo the Tenth's Time , used this deeper and richer Kind of coloring ; and I fear one might add , that the glaring Lights introduced by Guido , went a ...
... less pleafing Complexion . All the best Artists in the nobleft Age of Painting , about Leo the Tenth's Time , used this deeper and richer Kind of coloring ; and I fear one might add , that the glaring Lights introduced by Guido , went a ...
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... less above , and encreasing gently to- ward the Shoulders : The Whitenefs and Delicay of its Skin fhould be continued , or rather go on improving , to the Bofom . The Skin in general fhould be white , properly tinged with Red ; with an ...
... less above , and encreasing gently to- ward the Shoulders : The Whitenefs and Delicay of its Skin fhould be continued , or rather go on improving , to the Bofom . The Skin in general fhould be white , properly tinged with Red ; with an ...
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... less active and healthy ; and if it be a Child of the tenderer Sex , fhe must be bound yet more ftreightly about the Waist and Stomach ? to acquire a Difproportion , that Nature never meant , in her Shape . I have heard a very nice ...
... less active and healthy ; and if it be a Child of the tenderer Sex , fhe must be bound yet more ftreightly about the Waist and Stomach ? to acquire a Difproportion , that Nature never meant , in her Shape . I have heard a very nice ...
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... less amiable than others , they may naturally fuf- pect , that they are lefs beloved . I have the Happi- nefs to speak this from Conjecture , and not from Experience ; for it was my Lot , many Years ago , to marry a young Lady , very ...
... less amiable than others , they may naturally fuf- pect , that they are lefs beloved . I have the Happi- nefs to speak this from Conjecture , and not from Experience ; for it was my Lot , many Years ago , to marry a young Lady , very ...
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... less a Person of good Breeding , who fhould make it his chief Aim to be well with all . As a Mark of my own Politeness , I will here take leave of this Subject ; fince by drop- ing it , I fhall oblige the gay Part of my Readers , as , I ...
... less a Person of good Breeding , who fhould make it his chief Aim to be well with all . As a Mark of my own Politeness , I will here take leave of this Subject ; fince by drop- ing it , I fhall oblige the gay Part of my Readers , as , I ...
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abfolutely Accompliſhments againſt almoſt Apollo Belvedere Beauty becauſe beſt Cafe Caufe Cauſe Charms chooſe Cicero Color Confequence confider Converfation CRITO defigned defire deformed Perfons Delicacy difcover Difpofition eafy Efteem Elegance Eunuchs Expreffion faid fame feems feen feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt focial fome fometimes foon fpeak ftill fuch fuppofe fure Gentleman give Grace greateſt hath higheſt himſelf Honour Houſe human Inftance itſelf juft juſt Ladies laft leaft leaſt lefs Love Mankind Manner ment MILESIUS Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary never Number obferve Occafion Ovid Paffions pafs Philocles Philofopher pleafing pleaſing Pleaſure poffible polite prefent pretty Purpoſe racters raiſed Reaſon refined Refpect Rife ſay ſcarce ſee ſeems Senfe ſhall ſhe ſome Sophronius Sort ſpeaking ſuch Tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Tibullus TIMANTHES tion ufual underſtand uſed Virtue Weakneſs whofe Wiſdom World Zephyros
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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...