 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...in their word and gesture. A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts. A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1844 - 332 pages
...in their word and gesture. A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts. A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1844 - 332 pages
...in their word and gesture. A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts. A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...BEAUTIFUL. BY JOHN O. WH1TTIEH. " A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form ; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts." — Einerson't Esitnys, Secoiul Series, iv. p. 162.... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1853 - 160 pages
...have several times quoted : — " Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. * * A beautiful behaviour is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures. It is the finest of the fine arts. * * The person who screams or uses the superlative... | |
 | 1854 - 794 pages
...about a quarter of a mile." A BEAUTIFUL form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form. It gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts. IF a man will not endure the pain of probing his own... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 pages
...the glory. THE BEAUTIFUL. 1;A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form ; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures.; it is the finest of the fine arts." Emerion's Essays, Second Series, iv., p. 162. A FEW... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...in their word and gesture. A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts. Emerson. Leasing calls eternal talkers chastisers... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 286 pages
...in their word and gesture. A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts. A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1863 - 254 pages
...times quoted : " Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. ... A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures. It is the finest of the fine arts. ... The person who screams, or uses the superlative... | |
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A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form : it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts. 
