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Show first of painters. There is no object so fou that intense light will not make beautiful And the stimulus it affords to the sense and a sort of infinitude which it hath, lik space and time, make all matter gay. Eve the corpse hath its own beauty. But besid this general grace diffused over nature, almostall the individual forms are agreeabl fo the eye, asis proved by our endless imitations of som of them as the acorn, th grape, the pine-cone, the wheat-ear, th €gg, the wings and forms of most birds, th lion's claw, the serpent, the butterfly, seashells, flames, clouds, buds, leaves, an the forms of many trees, as the palm For better consideration, we may distribut theaspects of Beautyin a threefold manner 1. First, the simple perception of natura forms is a delight. The influence of th forms and actions in nature, is so needfu to man, that, in its lowest functions, i seems to lie on the confines of commodit and beauty. To the body and mind whic bave been cramped by noxious work o company, nature is medicinal and restore their tone. The tradesman, the attorne comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky an the woods, and is 2 Uni |