 | 1766 - Страниц: 520
...brought fuch a concourie of ftrangers of ojd to the little town of Thefpia:. I cannot help thinking lha; there is no beauty in the features of Venus, and that...the antients and we differ in the ideas of beauty. "Stye know the contrary, from their medals, bufts, and hiftorians. Without all doubt, the limbs and... | |
 | 1776 - Страниц: 314
...called De Medicis, which was found at Tivoli, and is kept in a feparate apartment called The Tribuna. I cannot help thinking that there is no beauty in the features of Venus ; and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. Without all doubt the limbs and proportions of this ftatue are elegantly... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - Страниц: 592
...Cupid by Praxiteles, which brought fuch a concourfe of ftrangers of old to the little town of Thefpise. I cannot help thinking that there is no beauty in the features of Ve» nus ; and that the attitude is aukward and out of character. It is a bad plea to urge that the... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - Страниц: 600
...Cupid by Praxiteles, which brought fuch a concourfe of ftrangers of old to the little town of Thefpise. I cannot help thinking that there is no beauty in the features of Venus ; and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. It is a bad plea to urge, that the ancients and we differ in the ideas... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - Страниц: 380
...Cupid by Praxiteles, which brought such a concourse of strangers of old to the little town of Thespias. I cannot help thinking that there is no beauty in the features of Venus ; and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. It is a bad plea to urge that the antients and we differ in the ideas... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1811 - Страниц: 594
...and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. It is a bad plea to urge, that the ancients and we differ in the ideas of beauty. We know the contrary from their medals, busts, and historians. Without all doubt the limbs and proportions of this statue are elegantly formed,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - Страниц: 748
...enthusiastic admiration with which others are inspired at sight of this statue. I cannot help thinking there is no beauty in the features of Venus, and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. *—I was much disappointed at sight of the Pantheon, which, after all... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - Страниц: 414
...Cupid by Praxiteles, which brought such a concourse of strangers of old to the little town of Thespiae. I cannot help thinking that there is no beauty in the features of Venus; and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. It is a bad plea to urge, that the ancients and we differ in the ideas... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1835 - Страниц: 584
...admiration with which others are inspired at sight of this statue. I cannot help thinking there ii no beauty in the features of Venus, and that the attitude is awkward and out of character." . " I was much disappointed at light of the Pantheon, which, after all... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1841 - Страниц: 1032
...enthusiastic admiration with which others are inspired at the sight of this statue. I cannot help thinking there is no beauty in the features of Venus, and that the attitude is awkward and out of character. " — Letter XXVII. " I was much disappointed at sight of the Pantheon,... | |
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... presumptuous. It must be want of taste that prevents my feeling that enthusiastic admiration with which others are inspired at sight of this statue... 
