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Page 202
... Beauty , to the Proportion , Situa- tion , and Dependance of its Parts . And the little World , which we call Man , owes not only its Health and Ease , and Pleasure , nay , the Continuance of its very Being , to the Regularity of the ...
... Beauty , to the Proportion , Situa- tion , and Dependance of its Parts . And the little World , which we call Man , owes not only its Health and Ease , and Pleasure , nay , the Continuance of its very Being , to the Regularity of the ...
Page 210
... Beauty nor Greatness without Foundation ; but ' tis not the Foundation that makes the Greatness or Beauty . The chief Design of Eloquence is to persuade , and he persuading the most effectually , who moves his Hearers the most ; that ...
... Beauty nor Greatness without Foundation ; but ' tis not the Foundation that makes the Greatness or Beauty . The chief Design of Eloquence is to persuade , and he persuading the most effectually , who moves his Hearers the most ; that ...
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... beauty as consisting of harmony , symmetry , proportion , and order ; as something devoid of the Gothic manner and of barbarous ornaments ( cf. Dryden , in Ker , II , 146 ) . For characteristic definitions of beauty , see De Piles ...
... beauty as consisting of harmony , symmetry , proportion , and order ; as something devoid of the Gothic manner and of barbarous ornaments ( cf. Dryden , in Ker , II , 146 ) . For characteristic definitions of beauty , see De Piles ...
Contents
Preface to The Passion of Byblis 1692 | 1 |
The Impartial Critick 1693 | 11 |
Preface to The Court of Death 1695 | 42 |
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