 I conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything that is sordid, vicious, and low.  The St. James's Magazine - Side 36redigeret af - 1762Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Stanley V. Makower, Basil H. Blackwell - 1913 - 614 sider
...had, or personated, in love and friendship, I conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 492 sider
...had, or personated in love and friendship, I conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything... | |
 | 1856 - 596 sider
...had, or personated, in love and friendship, I conceive their refnements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything... | |
 | Louise Barnett - 2006 - 238 sider
...beauty. He articulated his fear more directly in Hints towards an Essay on Conversation, where he wrote that "a little Grain of the Romance is no ill Ingredient to preserve and exalt the Dignity of human Nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into every Thing... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1924 - 578 sider
...had, or personated, in love and friendship, 1 conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason. and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the diguity of human nature (3), without which it is apt to degenerate into everything... | |
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