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" A middle-aged ploughman will scarce ever be brought to the carriage and language of a gentleman, though his body be as well proportioned, and his joints as supple, and his natural parts not any way inferior. The legs of a dancing-master, and the fingers... "
Philosophical beauties selected from the works of John Locke - Page 12
by John Locke - 1802
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...inferior. The legs of a dancing-master, and the fingers of a musician, fall, as it were, naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain endeavor to produce like ructions in the members not used to them, and it will require length of lime...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...inferior. The legs of a dancing-master, and the fingers of a musician, fall, as it were, naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain endeavor to produce like motions in the members not used to them, and it will require length of time...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...pains, into regular and admirable motions. Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain endeavor to produce like motions in the members not used to...and long practice to attain but some degrees of a Jike ability. What incredible and astonishing actions do we find rope-dancers and tumblers bring their...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 pages
...pains, into regular and admirable motions. Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain endeavor to produce like motions in the members not used to them, and it will require length of time and longpractice to attain but some degrees of a like ability. "What incredible and astonishing actions...
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History of the English language and literature

English language - 1861 - 312 pages
...way inferior. The legs of a dancing-master, and the fingers of a musician, fall as it were naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...rope-dancers and tumblers bring their bodies to ; not but sundry in almost all manual arts are as wonderful ; but I name those which the world takes notice of...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...inferior. The legs of a dancing-master, and the fingers cf a musician, fall, as it were, naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain endeavor to produce like motions in the members not used to them, and it will require length of time...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...inferior. The legs of a dancing-master, and the fingers of a musician, fall, as it were, naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain endeavor to produce like motions in the members not used to them, and it will require length of time...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...inferior. The legs of a dancingmaster, and the fingers of a musician, fall, as it were, naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...rope-dancers and tumblers bring their bodies to ! not that but sundry in almost all manual arts are as wonderful ; but I name those which the world takes...
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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...musician, fall, as it were, naturally without thought or pains into regular and admirable.motions. Bid them change their parts, and they will in vain...some degrees of a like ability. What incredible and astonishmg actions do wo find rope-dancers and tumblers bring their bodies 1o I not but that sundry...
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Locke's Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1881 - 182 pages
...way inferior. The legs of a dancing master and the fingers of a musician fall as it were naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable...What incredible and astonishing actions do we find rope dancers and tumblers bring their bodies to ; not but that sundry in almost all manual arts are...
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