 I am much mistaken if some latent vigour would not soon give health and spirit to their eyes, and some lines drawn by the exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character,...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 2071792Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1792 - 684 pages
...exrrcife of reafon on the blar<k checks, which before were only undulated by dim). les, might reftore loft dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain the true dignity ot its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by fpeculation, much lefs by the negative fupinenefs... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1792 - 612 pages
...exercife of resfon on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might reitoie loll dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by fpeculation, much lefs by the negative fupinenefs that wealth naturally generates. ' Befides, when... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - Political Science - 1796 - 504 pages
...cheeks, which before^were only undulated by dimples, might reftore loft dignity to the chara£ter, or rather enable it to attain the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by fpeculation, much lefs by the negative fupinenefs that wealth naturally generates. Befides, when poverty... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 460 pages
...were only undulated by dimples, might reftofe loft dignity tothe character, or rather enable it t» attain the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by fpeculation, much lefs by the negative fupinenefs that wealth naturally generates. ' Befides, when... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - Women - 1833 - 234 pages
...exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Besides, when poverty... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - Authors, English - 1891 - 314 pages
...exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Besides, when poverty... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 442 pages
...undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain to the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Beside, when poverty... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain to the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Beside, when poverty... | |
 | Albert Benedict Wolfe - Social problems - 1916 - 828 pages
...exercise of reason on their blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness which wealth naturally generates. I cannot help lamenting... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - English prose literature - 1927 - 544 pages
...exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Besides, when poverty... | |
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