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fible. Every nation has ideas of beauty pecu- 

 liar to itfclf; and every individual has his own 

 notions and tafte concerning that quality. Thefe 

 peculiarities probably originate from the hrft 

 agreeable imprefhons we receive of certain ob- 

 jeds ; and therefore depend more upon chance 

 and habit than upon difference of conftitution. 

 When w^e come to treat of the fenfes, we fhall 

 perhaps be able to give more determined ideas 

 concerning thofe perceptions of beauty we re- 

 ceive bv the eve. 



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