The Art of Beauty; Or, the Best Methods of Improving and Preserving the Shape, Carriage, and Complexion. Together with the Theory of BeautyKnight and Lacey ... and Westley and Tyrrell, Dublin, 1825 - 385 páginas |
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... soft and unfinished , and the joints are slight and tender , while the muscles , that in after life serve to bind them and keep them firm , are soft and yield- ing . But , though all this is obvious enough , when it is mentioned , you ...
... soft and unfinished , and the joints are slight and tender , while the muscles , that in after life serve to bind them and keep them firm , are soft and yield- ing . But , though all this is obvious enough , when it is mentioned , you ...
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... soft and unconsolidated , was productive of bandied legs and other evils . The rule of increasing strength by exercise is good in general , but it may readily be abused , and particularly in the case of infants . Let us take a lesson ...
... soft and unconsolidated , was productive of bandied legs and other evils . The rule of increasing strength by exercise is good in general , but it may readily be abused , and particularly in the case of infants . Let us take a lesson ...
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... soft gristle , which is easily compressed ; and if the infant is held unnaturally upright before this gristle acquires firmness , de- formity must ensue there is no help for it . The shape may not , indeed , be always twisted , nor the ...
... soft gristle , which is easily compressed ; and if the infant is held unnaturally upright before this gristle acquires firmness , de- formity must ensue there is no help for it . The shape may not , indeed , be always twisted , nor the ...
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... soft , as in the case of feather and down beds , the attitude into which the body falls during sleep , as shown in the vignette , is very hurtful to the shape . The loins sink into the bed , the upper shoulder is pushed out of its ...
... soft , as in the case of feather and down beds , the attitude into which the body falls during sleep , as shown in the vignette , is very hurtful to the shape . The loins sink into the bed , the upper shoulder is pushed out of its ...
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... soft bed , a hair mattress should be used , with a rather low elastic pillow . Mr. Shaw is for dispensing with the pillow altogether , when any twist or distortion has manifested itself . But we cannot go quite so far ; as this , we ...
... soft bed , a hair mattress should be used , with a rather low elastic pillow . Mr. Shaw is for dispensing with the pillow altogether , when any twist or distortion has manifested itself . But we cannot go quite so far ; as this , we ...
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Página 368 - Long labour, why, forgetful of his toils And due repose, he loiters to behold The sunshine gleaming as through amber clouds, O'er all the western sky ; full soon, I ween, His rude expression and untutor'd airs, Beyond the power of language, will unfold The form of beauty smiling at his heart...
Página 362 - I answer that, in consequence of having seen many, the power is acquired, even without seeking after it, of distinguishing between accidental blemishes and excrescences which are continually varying the surface of nature's works, and the invariable general form which nature most frequently produces and always seems to intend in her productions.
Página 359 - E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down, a pensive hour to spend ; And, plac'd on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests, cities, plains extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride.
Página 368 - With tract oblique At first, as one who sought access, but fear'd To interrupt, sidelong he works his way.
Página 369 - Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the...
Página 378 - ... as the proper objects of love and sympathy. Laying aside the emotions arising from difference of sex, and supposing female beauty to be contemplated by the pure and unenvying eye of a female, it seems quite obvious, that, among its ingredients, we should trace the signs of two different sets of qualities, that are neither of them the object of sight, but of a far higher...
Página 377 - The most beautiful object in nature, perhaps, is the countenance of a young and beautiful woman ; — and we are apt at first to imagine, that, independent of all associations, the form and colours which it displays are, in themselves, lovely and engaging; and would appear charming to all beholders, with whatever other qualities or impressions they might happen to be connected.
Página 382 - But lo! disclosed in all her smiling pomp, Where Beauty onward moving claims the verse Her charms inspire: the freely-flowing verse In thy immortal praise, O form divine, Smooths her mellifluent stream. Thee, Beauty, thee The regal dome, and thy enlivening ray The mossy roofs adore: thou, better sun! For ever beamest on the enchanted heart Love, and harmonious wonder, and delight Poetic.
Página 360 - And continents of sand, will turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet? The high-born soul Disdains to rest her heaven-aspiring wing Beneath its native quarry.
Página 368 - Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...