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THE BEE, 



LITER ARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 



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Wednesday, Septembir 26 179a. 



Essay on the influence of taste on DOMESTrc 



AND SOCIAL LIFE, BT THE AUTHOR OF THE ESSAY ON 

 TASTE IK ARCHITECTURE. 



Sir, To the Editor of the Bee. 



1 HAVE endeavoured to fhow that taftc is an artificial 

 organ of perception, created in a healthy, temperate, 

 uncorrupted individual, bj the contemplation of na- 

 ture. This discriminating power has received the 

 name of that common sense which relifhes and distin- 

 guiQies, by the mouth and palate, the flavour of our 

 iiouriQiment, or of noxious food ; because it may be 

 considered as a spiritual palate, which apprehends 

 and reliihes the efsential qualities of nature or art, 

 separate from their grofser substance, leading us 

 thereby to the preference of those things that are most 

 conducive to the nourifliment and growth of our im- 

 mortal spirits. I have considered how this taste is 

 conducive to the fitnefs, excellence, and beauty of 

 ■our domestic dwellings, and of our public edifices, a id 

 am desirous to apply the same principles of arga- 

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