 The act of procreation," he writes in an oft-quoted passage, "and the members employed therein are so repulsive that if it were not for the beauty of the faces, and the adornment of the actors, and the pent-up impulses, nature would lose the human species  Pilgrim: A Novelde Timothy Findley - 2009 - 496 pagesAucun aperçu disponible - À propos de ce livre
 | Will Durant, Ariel Durant - 1953 - 808 pages
...after, to possess and make use of their vilest parts. . . .3 The act of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive that if it were not for the beauty of the faces, and the adornment of the actors, and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the... | |
 | 328 pages
...image of moral restraint, if we compare it to Leonardo's words: "The act of procreation and the members employed therein are so -repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the... | |
 | Charles G. Gross - 1999 - 284 pages
...subject in subsequent scattered notes. On sexual intercourse he wrote: The act of coitus and the parts employed therein are so repulsive that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actions and the frantic state of mind, nature would lose... | |
 | Joann Ellison Rodgers - 2003 - 548 pages
...disheveled display. "The act of procreation," wrote Leonardo Da Vinci in Dell'Anatomia, "and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors, and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the... | |
 | Peter McDonald - 2004 - 228 pages
...MacCurdy in Thf Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Vol. i. Ch. in The act of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the... | |
 | Sharan Newman - 2005 - 356 pages
...reason stands apart from them in contemplation."6 And lastly, "The act of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and . . . the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species."7 This does... | |
 | Deborah Wright - 2008 - 404 pages
...right? After that, he didn't text me back again. CHAPTER THREE The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulses, nature would lose the human... | |
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