 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.  Bacon's Essays - Page 429by Francis Bacon - 1874 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...all high and great Spirits, and yet the moft Beautiful Men of their times. In Beauty, that of Favour is more than that of Colour •, and that of decent...gracious Motion, more than that of Favour. That is the beft part of Beauty which a Picture cannot exprefs, no nor the rirft fight of the Life. There is no... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour; and that of decent and...the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles, oy Albert Durer, were the more trifler; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions:... | |
 | Invisible hand - 1815 - 278 pages
...comely, though not of delicate features ; and that hath rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect. That is the best part of beauty which a picture cannot express ; no, nor the first sight of the life. LORD BACON. sister and I were now left alone. Though young, we already felt the force of that inquiry... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In Beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and...express, no nor the first sight of the life. There i* no excellent Beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell, whether... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour; and that of decent and...strangeness in the proportion A man cannot tell whether Applies or Albert Durer, were the more trifier; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical... | |
 | 1821 - 416 pages
...all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and...the first sight of the life. There is no excellent beanty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles or Albert... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...all high and great spirits, and yet the most beautiful men of their times. In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour ; and that of decent and...life. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strange* ness in the proportion. A man cannot tell 'whether Apelles or Albert Durer were the more trifler;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...to have remembered one of the essays of Bacon, of which he is known to have been remarkably fond. " There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness...proportion. A man cannot tell whether Apelles, or Abel Durer, were the more trifler ; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...to have remembered one of the essays of Bacon, of which he is known to have been remarkably fond. " There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness...proportion. A man cannot, tell whether Apelles, or Abel Durer, were the more trifler ; whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...to have remembered one of the essays of Bacon, of which he is known to have been remarkably fond. " There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness...cannot tell whether Apelles, or Albert Durer, were tfce more trifler : whereof the one would make a personage by geometrical proportions ; the other,... | |
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