3:5 On Painihig. 



The influence it has on our moral conduct: h, perhaps, 

 one of the grcaicil recommendations for the Ihuly of the arts. 

 Ko one can meditate on the order obfervablc in nature, and 

 not reduce his conduft to a fimilar ftandaid of regularity. 

 To have a juft relifli ft)r what is elegant and proper in paint- 

 ingr, fculpture, or archite6lurc, mult be a fine preparation for 

 true notions relative to character and behaviour. Should 

 fuch a one be. overpouered by paffion, or fwerve from his 

 duty, vi-e need not fear but he will return on the firft reflec- 

 tion, and with a reiiJoubled rcrolulion not to err a fecond 

 time : for he cannot but obfcrve, that the well-being of na- 

 ture, as well as of the individual, depends on regidarity and 

 order; and that a difrcgard of the focial virtues will everbe 

 acc.om]ianied with (harae and rcmorfe. Paffion is a whirl- 

 wind, that fliakes the human frame, as the convulfions of au 

 earthquake diibrder that of nature. 



Evcrv Briton that travels fliould propofe to himfclf plea- 

 fure and advantace, and his inquiry fliould enable him to 

 add to the national ftock of knowledge ; for it cannot be faid 

 that he travels to enjoy the advantage of a better government, 

 or becaufe other nations have a greater commerce. Hence, 

 then, it muft be for arts and learning. And how is he to become 

 acquainted with the former without a knowledge in painting, 

 fculpture, and architecture, any more than he could with the 

 latter, without a knowledge in the languages of the coun- 

 tries he may have occafion to pal's through ? Lord Bacon 

 fays: "Travel, in the vounger fort, is a part of education; 

 in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a 

 countrv before he hath fome entrance into the language, 

 o-octh to fchool and not to travel." The fame may be faiJ 

 of thofe who travel before they have obtained a knowledge in 

 the polite arts. How many noble works of architecture did 

 lord Burlington bequeath to his country! They remain mo- 

 numents ofnatioaai talk, highly hemourable to his memory, 

 I>et us be permitted to mention the honour the arts at pre- 

 fent derive from the maflerly productions of the earl of Ayles- 

 fojd, fir G. Beaumont, fir R. Hoare, W. Scope, efq. of 

 CaUle-comb ; captain Lewis, of the royal navy; capt. Mor- 

 daunt, and many oiliers, whofe wofks will ever rank among 

 the firfi: productions of the pencil. Lord Warwick is faid to 

 p:)trefs the true poetic fpirit for compofing heroic landlcape. 

 While we are recommendinc; to ecnilenien to learn to draw, 

 it murt not be undcrQood that wc wifh to deprive the ladies 

 of the pleafure and advantage that muft refiilt from their 

 pradtifing- an art ihut ftands, perhaps, before all others lor 



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