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Page 348
... beauty , who have the moft exact intelligence of it in their fenfations , by mistaking the point of beauty . A flower - garden attracts our view by the fplendor and bright confufion of its colours ; and we look at it with plea- fure ...
... beauty , who have the moft exact intelligence of it in their fenfations , by mistaking the point of beauty . A flower - garden attracts our view by the fplendor and bright confufion of its colours ; and we look at it with plea- fure ...
Page 358
... beauty as if it were acknowledged and fettled by a public ftandard ; yet we find , in fact , that people , in placing their affections , often have little regard to the common notions of beauty . The truth is , com- plexion and form ...
... beauty as if it were acknowledged and fettled by a public ftandard ; yet we find , in fact , that people , in placing their affections , often have little regard to the common notions of beauty . The truth is , com- plexion and form ...
Page 378
... beauty , and heightens the horrors of diforder and uglinefs . Perfonal beauty is vaftly raised by a noble air ; on the contrary , the diffolution and ruins of a large ci- ty , distress the mind proportionally but while we mourn over ...
... beauty , and heightens the horrors of diforder and uglinefs . Perfonal beauty is vaftly raised by a noble air ; on the contrary , the diffolution and ruins of a large ci- ty , distress the mind proportionally but while we mourn over ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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