| [No. 144] | Wednesday, August 15, 1711 | Steele |
... Nôris quam elegans formarum
Spectator siem.
Ter.
Beauty has been the Delight and Torment of the World ever since it began. The Philosophers have felt its Influence so sensibly, that almost every one of them has left us some Saying or other, which has intimated that he too well knew the Power of it. One
has
us, that a graceful Person is a more powerful Recommendation than the best Letter that can be writ in your Favour. Another
desires the Possessor of it to consider it as a meer Gift of Nature, and not any Perfection of his own. A Third