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drawing) of Raphael and Correggio. He was 

 fo ft ruck with thefe infenfible transitions in 

 the works of Correggio, that, in a letter to his 

 coufin Ludovico, he faid, " That St. Paul of 

 <e Raphael, which I formerly looked upon as 

 " a miracle, now feems to me a thing of 

 " wood; fo hard it is, and fo cutting." It 

 muft be remembered alfo, that this was the 

 judgment, not of a mere colouring but of one 

 whofe ftyle of drawing was remarkable for its 

 firmnefs and precifion. If, therefore, fuch a 

 painter may be fuppofed to havejuft ideas on 

 the fubjecl:, a pathway (for no object is tri- 

 fling which clearly fhews the principle) has 

 more of the requ ifi tes of beauty, than any walk 

 with diftin<5t edges. Still, however, the gra- 

 vel walk, from its fymmetry, its neatnefs, and 

 its drefied appearance, accords much more 

 with what is foft and beautiful, than with 

 what is rude and piclurefque. For example, 

 were the fimply beautiful fcene which I have 

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