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" ... of our mother. And thus we find, according to the ingenious idea of Hogarth, that the waving lines of beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. This animal attraction is love; which is a sensation, when the object is present; and a desire,... "
The temple of nature - Page 111
by Erasmus Darwin - 1806
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The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and ..., Volume 19

1794 - 544 pages
...falute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy thç bofom of our mother. And thus we fi»d, according- to the ingenious idea of Hogarth, that...beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. ' This animal attraction is love ; which is a fenfation, when, the objeft is prefent ; and a defire,-...
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Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, Volume 1

Erasmus Darwin - 1800 - 676 pages
...experience an attraction to embrace it with our arms, and to falute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bofom of our mother. And thus we...beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. This animal attraction is love; which is a fenfation, when the object is prefent ; and a defire, when...
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Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ...

Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 548 pages
...riencc an attraction to embrace it with our arms, and to falute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bofom of our mother. And thus we...beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. This animal attraction is love; which is a fenfation, when the object is preient; and a defire, when...
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Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ...

Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 552 pages
...experience an attraction to embrace it with our amis, and to falute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bofom of our mother. And thus we...beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. This animal attraction is love ; which is a fenfation, when the object is prefent; and a defire, when...
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Zoonomia, Or, The Laws of Organic Life: In Three Parts, Volume 1

Erasmus Darwin - 1803 - 622 pages
...experience an attraction to embrace it with our arms, and to falute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bofom of our mother. And thus we...waving lines of beauty were originally taken from the tern* pie of Venus. This animal attraction is love ; which is a fenfation, when the object is prefent...
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The Temple of Nature, Or, The Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical ...

Erasmus Darwin - 1804 - 364 pages
...beneath, With eye uplifted, and forgets to breathe ; we find, according to the ingenious idea of Hogartb, that the waving lines of beauty, were originally taken from the temple of Venus. Or, as aloft his daring footsteps climb, Crests their high summits with his arm sublime. S3Q V.Where...
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Zoonomia, Volume 1

Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 616 pages
...embrace it with our arms, and to salute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bosom of our mother. And thus we find, according to the...beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. This animal attraction is love; which is a sensation, when the object is present; and a desire, when...
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The Temple of Nature: Or, The Origin of Society, a Poem with Philosophical Notes

Erasmus Darwin - 1825 - 114 pages
...embrace it with our arms, and to salute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bosom of our mother. And thus we find, according to the...beauty were originally taken from the temple of Venus. rill; ,38 [Cante 111. Hills, whose green tides with soft protuberance rise, Or the blue concave of...
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A History of the earth and animated nature v.2, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...with our arms, and salute it with our lips, as we did in our early infancy the bosom of our mothers. And thus we find, according to the ingenious idea...beauty were originally taken from the Temple of Venus. • lf the wide eye the wavy lawns explores. The bending woodlands, or the winding shores, Hills, whose...
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 724 pages
...only animal that is possessed of hands and arms; but these are much more rudely fashioned, and with And thus we find, according to the ingenious idea...beauty were originally taken from the Temple of Venus. " If the wide eye the wavy lawns explore*, The bending woodlands, or the winding shores, Hills, w hose...
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