Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in WomanJ. & H.G. Langley, 1840 - 390 sider |
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Side xiv
... made for a better sphere , and capable of seeing something in much that is around us , which intimates the order and beauty by which that sphere is distinguished . This is enough to put an end xiv PRELIMINARY ESSAY .
... made for a better sphere , and capable of seeing something in much that is around us , which intimates the order and beauty by which that sphere is distinguished . This is enough to put an end xiv PRELIMINARY ESSAY .
Side xv
Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman Alexander Walker. is distinguished . This is enough to put an end to this ob- jection , in reference to the subtle element of which we are venturing our humble ...
Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman Alexander Walker. is distinguished . This is enough to put an end to this ob- jection , in reference to the subtle element of which we are venturing our humble ...
Side 26
... distinguished artist informs me that greater modesty is nowhere to be seen than at the Life academy ; and it was an observation of the great Flaxman , that " the students , in entering the acad- emy , seemed to hang up their passions ...
... distinguished artist informs me that greater modesty is nowhere to be seen than at the Life academy ; and it was an observation of the great Flaxman , that " the students , in entering the acad- emy , seemed to hang up their passions ...
Side 41
... distinguished in mental faculties , other things being equal , will be he who wastes them least in early life by sexual indulgence who most economizes the vital stim- ulant , in order to excite the mental powers on great occasions . By ...
... distinguished in mental faculties , other things being equal , will be he who wastes them least in early life by sexual indulgence who most economizes the vital stim- ulant , in order to excite the mental powers on great occasions . By ...
Side 42
... of thinking , as his muscles are of acting . As libertines are enfeebled by indulgence , it fol- lows that they are proportionally distinguished by fear and cowardice . Nothing , indeed , destroys courage 42 CAUTIONS AS TO YOUTH .
... of thinking , as his muscles are of acting . As libertines are enfeebled by indulgence , it fol- lows that they are proportionally distinguished by fear and cowardice . Nothing , indeed , destroys courage 42 CAUTIONS AS TO YOUTH .
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abdomen action admiration agreeable ancient animals appear artists beauty in woman body brain Burke cause cerebrum CHAPTER character clavicles Cnidos color consequently considered constitute countenance degree delicacy delicate effect elements of beauty emotion excite expression external face facial angle farther feeling female figure five temperaments forehead functions grace greater Greeks hair head Hence human human voice idea ideal imagination indicated individual influence intellectual kind of beauty less libertinism limbs locomotive system male mammæ ment mental mind mons veneris moral motion muscles muscular nature ness nose novelty nutritive objects observed passions peculiar pelvis perfect person physiognomy pleasure possess Praxiteles present principles proportion puberty qualities reason regard relation remarkable render respect says sensation sensibility skin soft species of beauty sublime taste temperament thinking tion trunk variety Venus Venus de Medici viscera vital system Vitruvius Winckelmann women writer