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" I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would represent her black, with thick lips, flat nose, and woolly hair ; and, it seems to me, he would act very unnaturally if he did not... "
Harrison's British Classicks: The Idler. Fitz Osbornes Letters. Shenstones ... - Page 119
1787
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...believe, is habit and custom ; custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white; itis 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 ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pages
...Europeans to the Ethiopians ; and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose nobody will doubt if one of their painters was to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that he would represent her black, with thick lips, flat nose, and woolly hair;...
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Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and ..., Volume 1

Horace Smith - 1825 - 372 pages
...the Grecian nose predominates, for he subsequently adds, in speaking of the Ethiopians, " I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters was to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would represent her black, with thick lips, flat nose, and woolly hair...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Textbook

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1827 - 512 pages
...that custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white. "It is custom alone, (says he,) determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their painters...
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The Gentleman's Pocket Magazine; and Album of Literature and Fine Arts

1828 - 500 pages
...the Grecian nose predominates, for he subsequently adds, in speaking of the Ethiopians, " I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters was to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would represent her black, with thick lips, flat nose, aaij woolly hair...
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Objections to Phrenology: Being the Substance of a Series of Papers ...

David Drummond - 1829 - 230 pages
...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 " iEthiopeans, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour " to ours. I suppose no body...
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The Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 9

1821 - 370 pages
...the Grecian nose predominates, tor he subsequently adds, in speaking of the ^Ethiopians, " I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters was to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would represent her black, with thick lips, flat nose, and woolly hair...
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The literary works of sir Joshua Reynolds. To which is prefixed a ..., Volume 2

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 pages
...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 ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the ..., Volume 2

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 514 pages
...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 ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters...
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Beauty; Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in ...

Alexander Walker - 1836 - 528 pages
...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 ours. I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters...
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