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beauty of the countenance , or shape , gracefulness of motion , or harmony of voice : but it is a beauty that has its original seat in the mind . — But yet perhaps not every thing that may be called a beauty of mind , is properly called ...
beauty of the countenance , or shape , gracefulness of motion , or harmony of voice : but it is a beauty that has its original seat in the mind . — But yet perhaps not every thing that may be called a beauty of mind , is properly called ...
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1 beauty . For it is no other than delight in beauty ; or complacence in the person or Being beloved for his beauty . If virtue be the beauty of an intelligent Being , and virtue consists in love , then it is a plain inconsistence ...
1 beauty . For it is no other than delight in beauty ; or complacence in the person or Being beloved for his beauty . If virtue be the beauty of an intelligent Being , and virtue consists in love , then it is a plain inconsistence ...
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It is because his heart is thus united to Being in general , that he looks on a benevolent propensity to Being in general , wherever he secs it , as the beauty of the Being in whom it is ; an excellency , that renders him worthy of ...
It is because his heart is thus united to Being in general , that he looks on a benevolent propensity to Being in general , wherever he secs it , as the beauty of the Being in whom it is ; an excellency , that renders him worthy of ...
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The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
Among the parts of a spinning wheel 1 In 11 2136 the poet elaborates | 5 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
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