 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 pàgines
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to . ours. I fuppofe no body will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pàgines
...is habit and cultora j cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cultom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ./Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pàgines
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white ; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pàgines
...habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenle, white black, and black white $ it is cufr torn alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, for the fame reafoo, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their painters... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pàgines
...is habit and cuftom ; cuftom makes, in a certain fenfe, white black, and black white; it is cuftom alone determines our preference of the colour of the Europeans to the ^Ethiopians, and they, fo$ the fame reafon, prefer their own colour to ours. I fuppofe nobody will doubt, if one of their... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pàgines
...last that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their Painters were to paint the Goddess of Beauty, but that he would... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pàgines
...last that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most genera], I believe, is habit and custom; custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pàgines
...last that the great mother of nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer then- own colour to ours. I suppose no body will doubt, if one of their painters was to paint the goddess... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pàgines
...last that the great Mother of Nature will not be (subjected to such narrow rules. Among the yarious reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...it is custom alone determines our preference of the colour,of the Europeans to the Ethiopians, and they, for the same reason, prefer their own colour to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pàgines
...last that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules. Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another,...custom alone determines our preference of the colour of theEuropeam to the ^Ethiopians ; and they for the same reason, prefer their own colour to ours. I suppose... | |
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Among the various reasons why we prefer one part of her works to another, the most general, I believe, is habit and custom : custom makes, in a certain sense, white black, and black white ; it is custom alone determines our preference of the colour of... 
