 ... reason why we approve and admire it, as we approve and admire customs and fashions of dress for no other reason than that we are used to them ; so that, though habit and custom cannot be said to be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Pagina 329di Samuel Johnson - 1820Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pagine
...be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it ; and I have no doubt but that, if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...criterion of beauty respecting different species, or to show why one species is more beautiful than another, it wift be required from him first to prove that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pagine
...be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it ; and I have no doubt but that, if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...of beauty; as, if the whole world should agree that f/cv and no should change their meanings, yes would then deny, and no would affirm. Whoever undertakes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pagine
...liking it ; and I have no doubt but that if we more used to deformity than beauty, deformity would 'j then lose the idea now annexed to it, and take that of beauty; as if the whole world shall agree that yes and no should change their meanings ; yes would then deny, and no would affirm.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 454 pagine
...or any other irregular form that shall be proposed. As we are then more accustomed to beauty than to deformity, we may conclude that to be the reason why...should agree, that yes and no should change their meaning; yes would then deny, and no affirm." * As this theory has plainly taken its rise from a misconception... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 450 pagine
...be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it : And I have no doubt, but that, if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...should agree, that yes and no should change their meaning ; yes would then deny, and no affirm." * As this theory has plainly taken its rise from a misconception... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 448 pagine
...be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it : And I have no doubt, but that, if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...should agree, that yes and no should change their meaning ; yes would then deny, and no affirm." * As this theory has plainly taken its rise from a misconception... | |
 | David Drummond - 1829 - 230 pagine
...be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it* " and I have no doubt but that if we were more used to deformity than " beauty, deformity...lose the idea now annexed to it, and take " that of benuty ; as if the whole world should agree, that t/es and no should " change their meanings ; yet... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 514 pagine
...to be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it : and I have no doubt but that if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...should agree, that yes and no should change their meaning ; yes would then deny, and no would affirm. Whoever undertakes to proceed further in this argument,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 pagine
...to be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it : and I have no doubt but that if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...should agree, that yes and no should change their meaning ; yes would then deny, and no would affirm. Whoever undertakes to proceed further in this argument,... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1836 - 336 pagine
...to be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it; and I have no doubt but that if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity...world should agree that yes and no should change their meaning; yes would then deny, and no would affirm. And again " From what has been said, it may be inferred,... | |
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