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" Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than the fair skins of Europe, since we are not displeased with it even in the first instance, while it is well known that to them a fair... "
System of Universal Geography: Founded on the Works of Malte-Brun and Balbi ... - Page 106
by James Laurie - 1842 - 1063 pages
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 10

1828 - 614 pages
...ON THE NATIVES OF INDIA. (Extracted from bis Indian Journal.) Two observations struck me forcibly : first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known, that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and is that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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The Imperial Magazine, Or, Compendium of Religious, Moral ..., Volume 10

1828 - 608 pages
...it. THOS. BAKEWELL. Spring Valf, Staffordshire, Juw.24, 1828. Two observations struck me forcibly : first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known, that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and is that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 pages
...of the natives themselves, must be exceedingly interesting : ' Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 626 pages
...of the natives themselves, must be exceedingly interesting : ' Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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Quarterly Review, Volume 37, Issue 73

1828 - 598 pages
...of the natives themselves, must be exceedingly interesting : ' Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From ..., Volume 1

Reginald Heber - 1828 - 564 pages
...certainly much inferior to the generality of our ship's company. Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill-health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta ...

Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 558 pages
...certainly much inferior to the generality of our ship's company. Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...since we are not displeased with it even in the first instancy while it is well known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill-health, and of...
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Some Account of the Life of Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber - 1829 - 252 pages
...natives themselves, must be exceedingly interesting : ' Two observations (he says) struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 99, Part 2; Volume 146

1829 - 738 pages
...with Euof colour in the human race, the Bishop writes thus : " Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...that to them, a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity, which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is indeed...
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The Extractor; or Universal repertorium of literature, science ..., Volume 1

1829 - 762 pages
...metal." The bishop mentions two observations which occurred to him forcibly, as he gazed at them ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...agreeable to the human eye, than the fair skins of Europe ; and the second was, how entirely the idea of indelicacy, which would naturally belong to such figures...
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