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the other fide; and are often offended with 

 glaring fpots of light, which deftroy the idea 

 of a whole. The painter fhould examine his 

 piece therefore with great care. He may put 

 out one light, after another j and reviewing 

 his work with a frefh eye, may flill find 

 fome glaring part to erafe, before he venture 

 it abroad. On this occafion he may apply 

 with good fenfe, and form into an adage, a 

 very nonfenfical expreflion, (as it appears) in 

 Shakefpear : 



Put out the light and then put out the light. 



If the artificial reprefentation of every fubject 

 feems rather to require a balance of (hade, 

 in fublime fubjeffs it is ftill more required. 

 All writers on fublime fubjects deal in fhadows, 

 and obfcurity*. The grandeur of Jehovah 

 is commonly reprefented by the Hebrew writers 

 behind a cloud. The imagination makes up 

 deficiences by grander ideas, than it is pofllble 

 for the pencil to produce. Many images owe 

 much of their fublimity to their indtftin&nefi ; 

 and frequently what we call fublime is the 

 effect of that heat and fermentation, which 



* See Burke on the fublime. 



enfues 



