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" There is, likewise, a kind of symmetry, or proportion, which may properly be said to belong to deformity. A figure lean or corpulent, tall or short, though deviating from beauty, may still have a certain union of the various parts, which may contribute... "
The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal ... - Page 51
by Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW

Several Hands - 1771 - 614 pages
...belong to deformity. A figure lean or corpulen'., tall or fhort, though deviating from beauty, may ftill have a certain union of the various parts, Which may contribute to make them, on the whole, not unpleafing.' After having thus inllructed the ftudent how he may acquire the real forms of Nature diftiiu'l...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 44

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1771 - 622 pages
...belong to deformity. A figure lean or corpulent, tall or fhort, though deviating from beauty, may ftill have a certain union of the various parts, which may contribute to make them, on the whole, not unpleafing.' After having thus inftructed the ftudent how he may acquire the real forms of Nature diftinct...
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Annual Register, Volume 14

Edmund Burke - 1772 - 656 pages
...belong to deformity. A figure lean or cor^pulent, wll or fliort, though deviating from beauty, may ftill have a certain union of the various parts, which may contribute to make them, on the whole, not unpleafing. When the Artift has by diligent attention acquired a clear and diftinft idea of beauty...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 14

1803 - 582 pages
...• deformity. A figure lean or corpulent, tall or (hört, though devi- , ating from beauty, may lull have a certain union of the various parts, •which may contribute to make them, on the whole, not unpleafIUA' •! . . - ÷ When the Artilt has by diligent attention acquired a clear and difluí è...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 24

1842 - 554 pages
...the exclusion of the rest ; no one therefore must be predominant, that no one may be deucient. . . . There is likewise a kind of symmetry or proportion...deviating from beauty, may still have a certain union of ;he various parts, which may contribute to make them on :he whole not unpleasing.' This theory (the...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 24

1842 - 530 pages
...the exclusion of the rest ; no one :herefore must be predominant, that no one may be deicient. . . . There is likewise a kind of symmetry or proportion which may properly be said to belong to debrmity. A figure lean or corpulent, tall or short, though deviating from beauty, may still have a...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1842 - 528 pages
...the exclusion of the rest; no one herefore must be predominant, that no one may be deicicnt. . . . There is likewise a kind of symmetry or proportion which may properly be said to belong to debrmity. A figure lean or corpulent, tall or short, though deviating from beauty, may still have a...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 24

1842 - 540 pages
...the exclusion of thereat; no one therefore must be predominant, that no oue may be deficient. . . . There is likewise a kind of symmetry or proportion...corpulent, tall or short, though deviating from beauty, may rtill have a certain union of the various parts, which may contribute to make, them on the whole not...
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The Decorator's assistant

458 pages
...undoubtedly necessary to the painte: who is to vary his compositions with figures o:' various torms and proportions, though he is never to lose sight...deformity. A figure lean or corpulent, tall or short, thougn deviating from beauty, may still have a certain union of the various parts, which may contribute...
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A Manual of Anthropometry: Or, A Guide to the Physical Examination and ...

Charles Roberts - 1878 - 370 pages
...activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and the muscular strength of the Hercules. . . . There is, likewise, a kind of symmetry or proportion...or corpulent, tall or short, though deviating from the type, may still have a certain union of the various parts which may contribute to make them on...
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