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... proportion to his labours . In a state of artificial society , it is a law as constant and as in- variable , that those who labour most enjoy the fewest things ; and that those who labour not at all have the greatest number of ...
... proportion to his labours . In a state of artificial society , it is a law as constant and as in- variable , that those who labour most enjoy the fewest things ; and that those who labour not at all have the greatest number of ...
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... proportion . Proportion relates almost wholly to conveni- ence , as every idea of order seems to do ; and it must there- fore be considered as a creature of the understanding , rather than a primary cause acting on the senses and ...
... proportion . Proportion relates almost wholly to conveni- ence , as every idea of order seems to do ; and it must there- fore be considered as a creature of the understanding , rather than a primary cause acting on the senses and ...
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... proportion can in any sense be considered as the cause of beauty , as hath been so generally , and by some so confidently , affirmed . If proportion be one of the constituents of beauty , it must derive that power either from some ...
... proportion can in any sense be considered as the cause of beauty , as hath been so generally , and by some so confidently , affirmed . If proportion be one of the constituents of beauty , it must derive that power either from some ...
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... proportion . What by general consent is allowed to be a more beautiful object than an orange - tree , flourishing at once with its leaves , its blossoms , and its fruit ? but it is in vain that we search here for any proportion between ...
... proportion . What by general consent is allowed to be a more beautiful object than an orange - tree , flourishing at once with its leaves , its blossoms , and its fruit ? but it is in vain that we search here for any proportion between ...
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... PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN ANIMALS . THAT proportion has but a small share in the formation of beauty , is full as evident among animals . Here the great- est variety of shapes and dispositions of parts are well fitted to ...
... PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN ANIMALS . THAT proportion has but a small share in the formation of beauty , is full as evident among animals . Here the great- est variety of shapes and dispositions of parts are well fitted to ...
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