Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in WomanJ. & H.G. Langley, 1840 - 390 sider |
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... imagination discovers beauties and perfections which solace his wearied hours , far beyond any other resource within the scope of human life . It cannot , then , be unwise to cultivate and refine this natural ten- dency , and to enhance ...
... imagination discovers beauties and perfections which solace his wearied hours , far beyond any other resource within the scope of human life . It cannot , then , be unwise to cultivate and refine this natural ten- dency , and to enhance ...
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... imagination or secure his affec- tion , and by the irresistible seduction of her man- if it is these qualities which enable her to accommodate herself to his taste , to yield , without constraint , even to the caprice of the moment ...
... imagination or secure his affec- tion , and by the irresistible seduction of her man- if it is these qualities which enable her to accommodate herself to his taste , to yield , without constraint , even to the caprice of the moment ...
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... imagination immediately begins to form pictures of perfection , by exaggerating and combi- ning in one hypothetic object every excellence that can possibly belong to the whole sex ; and the first individual that meets the eye , with any ...
... imagination immediately begins to form pictures of perfection , by exaggerating and combi- ning in one hypothetic object every excellence that can possibly belong to the whole sex ; and the first individual that meets the eye , with any ...
Side 31
... imagination . These high characteristics peculiarly distinguish- ed the religion of ancient Greece . By bigots , we are indeed told , that , though Ho- mer is our model in epic , Anacreon in lyric , and Eschylus in dramatic poetry ...
... imagination . These high characteristics peculiarly distinguish- ed the religion of ancient Greece . By bigots , we are indeed told , that , though Ho- mer is our model in epic , Anacreon in lyric , and Eschylus in dramatic poetry ...
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... . So that when mystic influences , with increasing knowledge , ceased to sway the imagination , all- powerful truths directed the reason . The natural and poetical religion of Greece , therefore , AS TO DECENCY AND MORALITY . 33.
... . So that when mystic influences , with increasing knowledge , ceased to sway the imagination , all- powerful truths directed the reason . The natural and poetical religion of Greece , therefore , AS TO DECENCY AND MORALITY . 33.
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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