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... Elegance Elias , or Elijah and Enoch Eloquence Emblems Enchantment End of the World Enthusiasm Envy Epic Poetry Epiphany Equality Essenians Eternity Eucharist Execution Expiation Extreme Ezekiel Fable Faction Faculty Faith Falsity ...
... Elegance Elias , or Elijah and Enoch Eloquence Emblems Enchantment End of the World Enthusiasm Envy Epic Poetry Epiphany Equality Essenians Eternity Eucharist Execution Expiation Extreme Ezekiel Fable Faction Faculty Faith Falsity ...
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... ELEGANCE . ACCORDING to some authors , this word comes from electus , chosen ; it does not appear that its etymology * We deem it prudent , as Gibbon observes , to keep the pas- sage veiled in the decent obscurity ... ELEGANCE . 55 Elegance.
... ELEGANCE . ACCORDING to some authors , this word comes from electus , chosen ; it does not appear that its etymology * We deem it prudent , as Gibbon observes , to keep the pas- sage veiled in the decent obscurity ... ELEGANCE . 55 Elegance.
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... elegant . Elegance is the result of regu- larity and grace . This word is employed in speaking of painting and sculpture . Elegans signum is opposed to signum rigens , -a proportionate ... elegant without being good , elegance 56 ELEGANCE .
... elegant . Elegance is the result of regu- larity and grace . This word is employed in speaking of painting and sculpture . Elegans signum is opposed to signum rigens , -a proportionate ... elegant without being good , elegance 56 ELEGANCE .
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Voltaire. A discourse may be elegant without being good , elegance being , in reality , only a choice of words ; but a discourse cannot be absolutely good without being elegant . Elegance is still more necessary to poetry than eloquence ...
Voltaire. A discourse may be elegant without being good , elegance being , in reality , only a choice of words ; but a discourse cannot be absolutely good without being elegant . Elegance is still more necessary to poetry than eloquence ...
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Voltaire. Jupiter Olympus of Phidias , it would be a satire . The elegance of the Venus of Praxiteles may be properly alluded to . ELIAS OR ELIJAH , AND ENOCH . ELIAS and ENOCH are two very important person- ages of antiquity . They are ...
Voltaire. Jupiter Olympus of Phidias , it would be a satire . The elegance of the Venus of Praxiteles may be properly alluded to . ELIAS OR ELIJAH , AND ENOCH . ELIAS and ENOCH are two very important person- ages of antiquity . They are ...
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