 ... 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
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 452 pagine
...influence of beauty to custom, saying, that " he has no doubt, if we were more used to deformity than to beauty, deformity would then lose the idea now annexed...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... | |
 | 1856 - 430 pagine
...least remote. Sir Joshua carried his view of this so far, that he does not scruple to conclude, " That if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity would then lose the idea that is now annexed to it, and take that of beauty — just as we approve and admire fashions in dress,... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 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 will be required from him first to prove that... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 426 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 will be required from him first to prove that... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 430 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...; as, if the whole world should agree that yes and iw should change their meanings, yes would then deny, and no would affirm. Whoever undertakes to proceed... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1885 - 654 pagine
...influence of beauty to custom, saying, that " he has no doubt, if we were more used to deformity than to beauty, deformity would then lose the idea now annexed...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... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 332 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,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1887 - 664 pagine
...influence .of beauty to custom, saying, that " he has no doubt, if we were more used to deformity than to beauty, deformity would then lose the idea now annexed...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... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 330 pagine
...; and I have no doubt but that if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity would thoti lose the idea now annexed to it, and take that of beauty: as if the whole world should agree, that ye.-i and no should change their meaning; yes would then deny, and no would aflirin. Whoever undertakes... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 638 pagine
...influence of beauty to custom, saying, that " he has no doubt, if we were more used to deformity than to beauty, deformity would then lose the idea now annexed...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... | |
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