 But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery...  The British Essayists;: Observer - Page 213by Alexander Chalmers - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 548 pages
...sliding away from beneath the eye of the beholder. But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties. There is not perhaps any real heauty or deformity more in one piece of matter than another, because... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1854 - 1314 pages
...successfully imitate, may esteem themselves happy. 'But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight .hrough all its faculties.' Some degree of verbosity may be here discovered, as phrases are repeated,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
...sliding away from beneath the eye of the beholder. But there is nothing that makes its waynore directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a chearfulness and delight through all its faculties. There is not perhaps any real beauty or deformity... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...sliding away from beneath the eye of the beholder. But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a chearfulness and delight through all its faculties. There is not perhaps any real beauty or deformity... | |
 | 1854 - 474 pages
...sliding away from beneath the eye of the beholder. But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...through the imagination, and gives a finishing to anything that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 pages
...beauty, which immediately diffuses a seeret satisfaction and complacency through tlin imagjnntinn, \\i\A gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first diseovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a chearfulncss and delight through... | |
 | Mark Akenside, John Dyer - 1855 - 472 pages
...inspiration." — W. 1 " But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than lieauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and...through the imagination, and gives a finishing to everything that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 704 pages
...sliding away from beneath the eye of the beholder. But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a chearfulness and delight through all its faculties. There is not perhaps any real beauty or deformity... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 1090 pages
...from beneath the eye of the beholder. But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the I soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret...strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a chearfulness and delight through all its faculties. There is not perhaps any real beauty or deformity... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 pages
...away from beneath the eye of the beholder. j But there is nothing that makes its way more directly, .to. the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses...Complacency through the imagination, and .gives a Jfnish to Anything that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with... | |
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