 ... 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 Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler - Seite 320von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1821 - 518 Seiten
...subject on which it treats:—" Whoever shall attempt to prove, (says he,) that a form is beautiful from a particular gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination, he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | 1821 - 508 Seiten
...subject on which it treats : — " Whoever shall attempt to prove, (says he,) that a form is beautiful from a particular gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination, he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 612 Seiten
...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 dove ; but,...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he" will... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 Seiten
...as I observed, no inference can be drawn. , i to the dove, does it from some association of ideas of innocence that he always annexes to the dove ; but,...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 Seiten
...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 dove ; but,...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 Seiten
...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 dove ; but,...magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | 1823 - 886 Seiten
...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 dove ; but if he pretends to defend the preference he juives to one or the other, by endeavouring to prove that this more beautiful form proceeds from a... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 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 a tine, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on, as a criterion of form, he will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 Seiten
...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 dove ; but,...pretends to defend the preference he gives to one or other by endeavouring to prove that this more beautiful form proceeds from a particular gradation of... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 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 a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on, as a criterion of form, he will... | |
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