 ... he always annexes to the dove ; but, if he pretends to defend the preference he gives to one or the other by endeavouring to prove that this more beautiful form proceeds from a particular gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction...  The Idler - Seite 328von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1787 - 528 Seiten
...being a more rare bird; and lie who gives the preference to the dove, does it from lome aflbciation of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the...gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direilion of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he (kill fix on as a criterion of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 Seiten
...rare bird -, and he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from fome aflbciation of idea* pf innocence that he always annexes to the dove ; but...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a Jine, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he fhall fix on as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 Seiten
...being a more rare bird ; and he who gives . the preference to the dove, does it from fome allbciation of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the...direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of hie imagination he (hall fix on as a criterion of form, he will be continually contradiéting himftlf,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 Seiten
...he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from some association of ideas of innocence which he always annexes to the dove ; but if he pretends...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of aline, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on, as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 Seiten
...he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from some association of ideas of innocence which he always annexes to the dove ; but if he pretends...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of aline, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on, as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 Seiten
...more a more rare bird ; and he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from fome aflbciation of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the...prove that this more beautiful form proceeds from a parti. cular gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction' of a line, or whatever other... | |
 | 1803 - 222 Seiten
...being a more rare bird ; and he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from some association of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, er whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on, as a criterion of form, he will be continually... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 Seiten
...he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from some association of ideas of innocence which he always annexes to the dove; but if he pretends...line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on, as a criterion of form, he will be continually contradicting himself, and find at last... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 Seiten
...being a more rare bird ; and he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from some association of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the...line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will be continually contradicting himself, and find at last... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 Seiten
...being a more rare bird ; and he who gives the preference to the dove, does it from fome aflociation of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the...gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direilion of a line,., or whatever other conceit of his imagination he (hall fix on as a criterion... | |
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