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*' us with the general turn of the countenance and 

 " fize of the nofe ; the mouth and neck we will 

 *' take from his Amazon. Calamides fhall fur- 

 " nifh us with the modefty of his Sofandra, 

 " the fweet half fmile on her countenance, and 

 "the well folded, becoming robe. Her head 

 *' however Ihall be undrefifed; and her age about 

 " that of Cnidian Venus of Praxiteles. What 

 " think you, my friend, will not the piflure 

 " be charming, if well finiflied ? 



" Polyftratus : Are you fure, my friend, you 

 " have omitted nothing in the compofition of 

 '^ your beauty ? 



" Lycinus : Not that I know of, unlefs per- 

 " haps you think it cannot be complete without 

 " the proper colouring. There indeed we mufl: 

 " be deficient : for how fhall we procure it ? 

 " Shall we call in all thofe painters who are 

 " famous for blending their colours with tafte 

 " and judgment, Polygnotus, Euphranor, Muon, 

 " and Apelles ? Let thefe divide the talk. 

 " Euphranor Ihall lend us his Juno's hair j Po- 

 " lygnotus, the handfome eye-brow and rofy 

 " cheeks of his Delphian CalTandra. He too 

 " fhall furnilh us with a robe of the finefl work, 

 " moll of it flowing in loofe folds, and fuccinft 

 ** only where it ought to be lo. The reft of the 

 '* body we fhall take from the Pacata of Apelles, 

 " with a fkin not too pale and fair, but fhewing 

 " the blood within ; while iEtion fhall give us 

 " the lips of his Roxana." 



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