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... served to introduce new mischiefs , or to aggravate and inflame the old . Besides this , the mind of man itself is too active and restless a principle ever to fettle on the true point of quiet . It discovers every day some craving want ...
... served to introduce new mischiefs , or to aggravate and inflame the old . Besides this , the mind of man itself is too active and restless a principle ever to fettle on the true point of quiet . It discovers every day some craving want ...
Page 109
... a decollated head of St. John the Baptist was shewn to a Tur- kish emperor ; he praifed many things , but he ob- served one defect ; he observed that the skin did not not shrink from the wounded part of the neck . ON TASTE . 109.
... a decollated head of St. John the Baptist was shewn to a Tur- kish emperor ; he praifed many things , but he ob- served one defect ; he observed that the skin did not not shrink from the wounded part of the neck . ON TASTE . 109.
Page 211
... served . Some are of but one fingle colour ; others have all the colours of the rainbow ; some are of the primary colours , others are of the mixt ; in short , an attentive observer may foon conclude , that there is as little of ...
... served . Some are of but one fingle colour ; others have all the colours of the rainbow ; some are of the primary colours , others are of the mixt ; in short , an attentive observer may foon conclude , that there is as little of ...
Page 215
... served , amidst this infinite diversity , one particu- lar is common to many species ; several of the in- dividuals which compose them are capable of af- fecting us with a sense of loveliness ; and whilft they agree in producing this ...
... served , amidst this infinite diversity , one particu- lar is common to many species ; several of the in- dividuals which compose them are capable of af- fecting us with a sense of loveliness ; and whilft they agree in producing this ...
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... served at all to fup- ply hints for the perfection of the former . And I am the more fully convinced , that the patrons of proportion have transferred their artificial ideas to nature , and not borrowed from thence the proportions they ...
... served at all to fup- ply hints for the perfection of the former . And I am the more fully convinced , that the patrons of proportion have transferred their artificial ideas to nature , and not borrowed from thence the proportions they ...
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