The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... beauty ; whilst the greatest beauty in men , or in other animals , though it causes love , yet excites nothing at all of desire . Which shows that beauty , and the passion caused by beauty , which I call love , is different from desire ...
... beauty ; whilst the greatest beauty in men , or in other animals , though it causes love , yet excites nothing at all of desire . Which shows that beauty , and the passion caused by beauty , which I call love , is different from desire ...
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... beauty , is there no skill or science required ? In painting there are shades and masterly strokes which the vulgar understand not , but find fault with ; in architecture there is the rustic ; in music the chromatic kind , and skillful ...
... beauty , is there no skill or science required ? In painting there are shades and masterly strokes which the vulgar understand not , but find fault with ; in architecture there is the rustic ; in music the chromatic kind , and skillful ...
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... beauty must always be a desirable quality , be- cause it is the source of all the finest and most in- nocent enjoyments of which human nature is sus- ceptible . In this decision the sentiments of all mankind are agreed . Wherever you ...
... beauty must always be a desirable quality , be- cause it is the source of all the finest and most in- nocent enjoyments of which human nature is sus- ceptible . In this decision the sentiments of all mankind are agreed . Wherever you ...
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