 I am much mistaken if some latent vigour would not soon give health and spirit to their eyes, and some lines drawn by the exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character,...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 203edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | 1792 - 684 pages
...exrrcife of reafon on the blar<k checks, which before were only undulated by dim). les, might reftore loft dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain the true dignity ot its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by fpeculation, much lefs by the negative fupinenefs... | |
 | 1792 - 640 pages
...exercife of reafon on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might redore loa dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by ¡"peculation, much lefs by the negative fupinenefs that wealth naturally generates. • Befides, when... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1796 - 504 pages
...cheeks, which before^were only undulated by dimples, might reftore loft dignity to the chara£ter, or rather enable it to attain the true dignity of...is not morality cut to the quick ? Still to avoid mifconftrudion, though I confider that women in the common walks of life are called to fulfil the duties... | |
 | 460 pages
...were only undulated by dimples, might reftofe loft dignity tothe character, or rather enable it t» attain the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not...even vice, is not morality cut to the quick? Still ro> avoid mifconftrudtion, though I confider that women in the common walks of life are called to fulfil... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1833 - 234 pages
...exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Besides, when poverty... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1891 - 314 pages
...exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Besides, when poverty... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 442 pages
...undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain to the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Beside, when poverty... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pages
...undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain to the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Beside, when poverty... | |
 | Albert Benedict Wolfe - 1916 - 828 pages
...exercise of reason on their blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness which wealth naturally generates. I cannot help lamenting... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - 1927 - 544 pages
...exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain...of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates. Besides, when poverty... | |
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