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... beauty that accompanies what is natural . LOCKE . Affectation endeavours to correct natural de- LOCKE . When our consciousness turns upon the main design of life , and our thoughts are employed upon the chief purpose either in business ...
... beauty that accompanies what is natural . LOCKE . Affectation endeavours to correct natural de- LOCKE . When our consciousness turns upon the main design of life , and our thoughts are employed upon the chief purpose either in business ...
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... beauty of historical beautiful painting of characters . observation . Neither should I pass by his is an author that , on all accounts , I would re- In short , he commend to you . As for Terence and Plautus , what I fancy you will ...
... beauty of historical beautiful painting of characters . observation . Neither should I pass by his is an author that , on all accounts , I would re- In short , he commend to you . As for Terence and Plautus , what I fancy you will ...
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... beauty of nature ? COLERIDGE . The society of dead authors has this advan- tage over that of the living : they never flatter us to our faces , nor slander us behind our backs , nor intrude upon our privacy , nor quit their shelves until ...
... beauty of nature ? COLERIDGE . The society of dead authors has this advan- tage over that of the living : they never flatter us to our faces , nor slander us behind our backs , nor intrude upon our privacy , nor quit their shelves until ...
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... beauty , as the several figures in a piece of painting receive new grace from their disposition in the picture . The advantages of a reader from a methodical discourse are correspondent with those of the writer . He comprehends ...
... beauty , as the several figures in a piece of painting receive new grace from their disposition in the picture . The advantages of a reader from a methodical discourse are correspondent with those of the writer . He comprehends ...
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... of my friend Sir Roger , was for many ages looked upon as the type of wisdom . Lucian more than once rallies the philosophers of his time who Beauty is only that which makes all things as they BACON , FRANCIS . — BEARDS . 65.
... of my friend Sir Roger , was for many ages looked upon as the type of wisdom . Lucian more than once rallies the philosophers of his time who Beauty is only that which makes all things as they BACON , FRANCIS . — BEARDS . 65.
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actions ADDISON admiration affections Aristotle atheist ATTERBURY beauty BEN JONSON better BURKE called cause character Christian Cicero COLTON conscience consider conversation death delight desire divine DRYDEN duty East India Bill Essay eternal evil eyes feel genius give greatest happiness hath heart heaven honour HOOKER Household Words human humour imagination JEREMY COLLIER JEREMY TAYLOR John Dryden JOHNSON judge judgment justice kind knowledge labour Lacon language learning liberty live LOCKE look LORD BACON LORD CHESTERFIELD LORD MACAULAY man's mankind manner means ment Milton mind misery moral nature ness never object opinion ourselves passion perfection person Plato pleasure poet principles Rambler reason religion ROBERT HALL sense society soul SOUTH Spectator spirit SWIFT Tatler temper things thought TILLOTSON tion true truth virtue WASHINGTON IRVING WATTS WHATELY whole wisdom wise writers