Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... beauty . If the encouragement to these studies therefore be thus inviting , and the labours thus re- compensed , no wonder that the mathemati- cian pursues them with a more than ordi- nary zeal ; for what can be a more sublime object of ...
... beauty . If the encouragement to these studies therefore be thus inviting , and the labours thus re- compensed , no wonder that the mathemati- cian pursues them with a more than ordi- nary zeal ; for what can be a more sublime object of ...
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... beauty or deformity may safely passed . That this standard has an existence in nature can hardly be doubted ; for , if man be the work of a designing artist , he must have been formed according to some model ; and this model in the ...
... beauty or deformity may safely passed . That this standard has an existence in nature can hardly be doubted ; for , if man be the work of a designing artist , he must have been formed according to some model ; and this model in the ...
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... beauty may be illustrated by the supposition of an experi- ment , easily to be conceived , though not easily to be carried into execution . If im- pressions from the faces of all the women in this kingdom at the age of twenty - one ...
... beauty may be illustrated by the supposition of an experi- ment , easily to be conceived , though not easily to be carried into execution . If im- pressions from the faces of all the women in this kingdom at the age of twenty - one ...
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... beauty . If the same experiment were made in other nations , excluding those in whom the extremes of climate necessarily induce a depravation of the form , the model of beauty in the female face would be equally obtained in these ...
... beauty . If the same experiment were made in other nations , excluding those in whom the extremes of climate necessarily induce a depravation of the form , the model of beauty in the female face would be equally obtained in these ...
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... beauty that we can form . Either our ideal standard or image of beauty is born with us , or it is thus acquired : the former would be a mere arbitrary supposition ; the latter accords with experience , is confirmed by reflection on our ...
... beauty that we can form . Either our ideal standard or image of beauty is born with us , or it is thus acquired : the former would be a mere arbitrary supposition ; the latter accords with experience , is confirmed by reflection on our ...
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