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" That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express; * no, nor the first sight of the life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "
The Essays, Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The Wisdom of the Ancients - Page 205
by Francis Bacon - 1861 - 360 pages
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Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion2 more than that of favour. That is the hest part of beauty, which a picture cannot express ; no nor the first sight of life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell...
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The beginnings of evil: tales on the Ten Commandments, by H.M.R.

H M. R - 1865 - 388 pages
...5>tbentl) Co mm anb m tut. " Beauty is as summer fruits which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last." " That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot express." fOPHY Page might well be called by her father "the apple of his eye," she was his only child, and he...
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The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Old English Bible Words

Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 586 pages
...shall help to give him strength To make a more requital to your love ! Shakespeare, K. John, n. 1. A man cannot tell, whether Apelles, or Albert Durer,...trifler : whereof the one would make a personage by geometricall proportions : the other, by taking the best parts out of divers faces, to make one excellent....
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The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Old English Bible Words

Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 pages
...shall help to give him strength To make a more requital to your love I Shakespeare, K. John, II. 1. A man cannot tell, whether Apelles, or Albert Durer,...trifler: whereof the one would make a personage by geometricall proportions : the other, by taking the best parts out of divers faces, to make one excellent....
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The Authorship of Shakespeare

Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express ; nor the first sight of life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some...Durer were the more trifler ; whereof the one would THE TIMON OF ATHENS. make a personage by geometrical proportions ; the other, by taking the best parts...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That [4] is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...express ; no, nor the first sight of the life. There [5] is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether...
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The Authorship of Shakespeare

Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express ; nor the first sight of life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion....
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...favour* is more than that of colour, and that of decent' arid gracious' motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...Albert Durer were the more' trifler ; whereof the one 1 Almost. For the most part ; generally. ' Who ia there almost, whose mind at some time or other, love...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...favour4 is more than that of colour, and that of decent5 and gracious8 motion more than that of favour. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot...cannot tell whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more7 trifler ; whereof the one 1 Almost. For the most part; generally. 'Who is there almost, whose...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...Motion, more then that of Favour. That is the best Part of Beauty, which a Picture cannot expresse; No nor the first Sight of the Life. There is no Excellent Beauty, that hath not some Strangenesse in the Proportion. A Man cannot tell, whether Apelles, or Albert Durer, were the more...
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