 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 the...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Pagina 302di Samuel Johnson - 1816Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pagine
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to . ours. I fuppofe no body will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pagine
...habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenle, white black, and black white $ it is cufr torn alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafoo, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pagine
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white ; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pagine
...is habit and cultora j cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cultom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ./Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pagine
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, fo$ the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pagine
...not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters were to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that he would... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pagine
...rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most genera], I believe, is habit and custom; custom makes, in a...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters were to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that he would... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pagine
...not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit...Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer then- own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their painters was to paint the goddess... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pagine
...not be (subjected to such narrow rules. Among the yarious reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit...it is custom alone determines our preference of the colour,of the Europeans to the Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour to... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 420 pagine
...such' narrow rules. The most general reason of preference is custom, which, in a'certain $en$e,make» white black, and black white : it is custom alone,...for the same reason prefer their own colour to ours. This he illustrates in a very ingenious manner, by saying, that if one of their painters Avere to paint... | |
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