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" ... to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful form; for we have no criterion... "
Harrison's British Classicks: The Idler. Fitz Osbornes Letters. Shenstones ... - Page 119
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Works, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kt. Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...species is. more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J ..., Volume 1

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 15

1823 - 886 pages
...is really more beautiful than another. That vie prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from...beautiful form; for we have no criterion of form by which to determine our judgment. He who says a swan is more beautiful than a dove, means little more than...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 27-28

British essayists - 1823 - 762 pages
...is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from...beautiful form ; for we have no criterion of form by which to determine our judgement. He who says a swan is more beautiful than a dove, means little more than...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ? but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful...
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Idler

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 pages
...species is more beautiful than another, it will be required from him first to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it more a beautiful...
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