 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1827 - 512 pages
...consequence of being worn by the great. So that the remark of Sir Joshua Reynolds has some foundation, that custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white. "It is custom alone, (says he,) determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the Ethiopians, and they, for... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements) - 1828 - 584 pages
...It is custom alone, (says he,) determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to that of the Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no bo«ty will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would... | |
 | David Drummond - Phrenology - 1829 - 230 pages
...then deny, and no would affirm." '""' " Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of nature's works " to another, the most general, I believe, is...our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the " iEthiopeans, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour " to ours. I suppose no body... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Aesthetics - 1836 - 528 pages
...most beautiful." " Among the various reasons," says Reynolds, " why we prefer one part of nature's works to another, the most general, I believe, is...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of Beauty, but that he would... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Beauty, Personal - 1840 - 434 pages
...most beautiful." " Among the various reasons," says Reynolds, " why we prefer one part of nature's works to another, the most general, I believe, is...it is custom alone determines our preference of the color of the Europeans to the Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own color to... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Beauty, Personal - 1846 - 528 pages
...most beautiful." " Among the various reasons," says Reynolds, " why we prefer one part of nature's works to another, the most general, I believe, is...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of Beauty, but that he would... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1856 - 422 pages
...nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. i Among the various reasons why we prefer one part j of her works to another the most general, I believe,...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 432 pages
...last, that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 432 pages
...last, that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1887 - 332 pages
...last that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their Painters were to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that he would... | |
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Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit and custom : custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone determines our preference of the colour of... 
