Essays Second Series
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781419118449
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Essays
First sentence: Those who are esteemed umpires of taste are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whatever is elegant; but if you inquire whether they are beautiful souls, and whether their own acts are like fair pictures, you learn that they are selfish and sensual.