| Sir Joshua Reynolds - Painters - 1846 - 506 pages
...conclusive in favour of the white and the black philosophers. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire is not denied; but because it is uncommon, is it therefore beautiful ? The beauty that is produced by colour, as when we prefer one bird to another,... | |
| George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 424 pages
...equally conclusive in favour of the white and the black philosopher. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire, is not denied ; but, because it is uncommon, is it, therefore, beautiful? The beauty that is produced by colour, as when we prefer one bird to another,... | |
| George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 432 pages
...equally conclusive in favour of the white and the black philosopher. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire, is not denied ; but, because it is uncommon, is it, therefore, beautiful ? The beauty that is produced by colour, as when we prefer one bird to... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1887 - 332 pages
...conclusive in favour of the white and the black philosophers. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire is not denied ; but because it is uncommon, is it therefore beautiful ? The beauty that is produced by colour, as when we prefer one bird to another,... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1887 - 330 pages
...conclusive in favour of the white and the black philosophers. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire is not denied ; but because it is uncommon, is it therefore beautiful 1 The beauty that is produced by colour, as when we prefer one bird to another,... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 752 pages
...conclusive in the favor of the white and the black philosopher. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire, is not denied ; but because it is uncommon, is it therefore beautiful? The beauty that is produced by color, as when we prefer one bird to another,... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...conclusive in the favor of the white and the black philosopher. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...admire, is not denied; but because it is uncommon, is it therefore beautiful? The beauty that is produced by color, as when we prefer one bird to another,... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...conclusive in the favor of the white and the black philosopher. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...very sufficient reason why we should admire, is not <ienied; but because it is uncommon, is it therefore beautiful? The beauty that is produced by color,... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...conclusive in the favor of the white and the black philosopher. The black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...Novelty is said to be one of the causes of beauty. That nov-i elty is a very sufficient reason why we should admire, is nor denied; but because it is uncommon,... | |
| Paul Youngquist - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 316 pages
...reason we have for it, but that we are more accustomed to it. ... the black and white nations must, in respect of beauty, be considered as of different kinds,...of the same kind; from one of which to the other, ... no inference can be drawn. (Works 241) Where Camper standardizes in the interest of intelligibility,... | |
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