Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit and custom : custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone determines our preference of the colour of... A letter to Uvedale Price, Esq., [by] H. Repton, A letter to H. Repton, Esq ... - Page 210by Sir Uvedale Price - 1810Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pages
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to . ours. I fuppofe no body will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenle, white black, and black white $ it is cufr torn alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafoo, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white ; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
| 1787 - 528 pages
...is habit and cultora j cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cultom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ./Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, fo$ the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit and custom; custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone...the same reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters were to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that... | |
| sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...works to another, the most genera], I believe, is habit and custom; custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone...the same reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters were to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that... | |
| 1803 - 222 pages
...works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit and custom; custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone...Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer then- own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their painters was to paint the goddess... | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pages
...works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit and custom; custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone determines our preference of the colour,of the Europeans to the Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour to... | |
| Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 420 pages
...such? narrow rules. The most general reason of preference is custom, which, in a certain $cnse,ina.kes white black, and black white ; it! is custom alone,...This he illustrates in a very ingenious manner, by sa}ring, that if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, nobody will doubt that... | |
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