...his fkill and labour were directed." Let us now hear on what principles he founds his precepts. • All the objects which are exhibited to our view by Nature, upon clofe examination will be found to have their blemifhes and defects. The moft beautiful forms have...

...all his fkill and labour were directed" Let us now hear on what principles he founds his' precepts. < All the objects which are exhibited to our view by Nature, upon clofe examination will be found to have their blemifhes and defe&s. The moft beautiful forms have fomething...

...being able to get above all fingular forms, local cuftoms, particularities, and details o[ every kind. All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon clofe examination will be found to have their blemifhes and defers. The moft beautiful forms have fomething...

...able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities, and details of every kind." " It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of those forms : and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have...

...opinion, in being able_to get above all singular _ customs,particularities,^nd details of every^ kind. All the objects which are exhibited to our view by...contemplation and comparison of these forms ; and which by_a_Jlong habit of observing what any setofpbjects of the same kind havejn common, has acquired the...

...venture, in conclusion, to offer a few words of advice, in the language of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; " All the objects which are exhibited to our " view...something about " them like weakness, minuteness, or imper" fection. But it is not every eye that perceives " these blemishes. It must be an eye long ac"...

...objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful...; and which, by a long habit of observing what any eet of objects of the same kind have in common, has acqifired the power of discerning what each wants...

...being able to get above all singular forms, local customs, particularities, and details of every kind.6 All the objects which are exhibited to our view by...is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those Arts themselves ;...

...Reynolds has referred the idea of beauty to some ' central form' in the objects of our perception. 'All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them...

...Reynolds has referred the idea of beauty to some ' central form* in the objects of our perception. 'All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination, will be found,' he says, ' to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them...