Excerpt from Essay on Beauty, And, Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste The first edition of this work was published in the year 1299. After so long an interval, I should not have presumed again to fint it to the public, if I had not been informed by my booksellers that some wish had lately been expressed for a second edition. In preparing it for the press, I have thought it my duty to add a few observations on the Origin of the Beauty and Sublimity of the Human Countenance and Form, ' to complete the second Essay. ...
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Excerpt from Essay on Beauty, And, Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste The first edition of this work was published in the year 1299. After so long an interval, I should not have presumed again to fint it to the public, if I had not been informed by my booksellers that some wish had lately been expressed for a second edition. In preparing it for the press, I have thought it my duty to add a few observations on the Origin of the Beauty and Sublimity of the Human Countenance and Form, ' to complete the second Essay. Of the general plan which I have sketched in the introduction, I lament to think that so little has been accomplished; and still more that the progress of years, and the increase of more serious duties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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