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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 122
edited by - 1797
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Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, Part 1

1792 - 620 pages
...well as the vegetable creation may be faid to have a fixed or determined form, towards which naturi is continually inclining like various lines terminating...through any other point, fo it will be found that perfect beauty is oftener produced by nature than deformity. I don't mean than deformity in general,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...or determinate form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating hi the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating...different directions over one central point ; and as they dl cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...general form of nature. ,„... Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form towards which...directions over one central point, and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J ..., Volume 1

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...general form of nature. • Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which...directions over one central point : and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kt. Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art, English - 1819 - 446 pages
...general form of nature. to'Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which...directions over one central point: and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the center ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different...directions over one central point, and as they all cross the center, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 430 pages
...form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the center ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different...directions over one central point, and as they all cross the center, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...most general form of nature. Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form towards which...directions over one central point, and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 33-34

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 690 pages
...general form of nature. ' Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form towards which...directions over one central point, and as they all cross the centre, though only one passes through any other point, so it will be found that perfect...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 15

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 886 pages
...general form of nature. " Every species of the animal as well as ihc vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which...different directions over one central point ; and аз they all cross the centre, though only one passes thrbugh any other point, so it will be found...
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