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stantly kept in the -reader's mind, when he 

 is considering this part of Mr. Burke's sys- 

 tem ; according to which, he applies the 

 name of beauty to such qualities as induce 

 in us a sense of tenderness and affection, or 

 some other passion the most nearly resem- 

 bling these. 



Mr. Burke afterwards takes a review of 

 the opinions that have been entertained of 

 Beauty, and points out the impropriety of 

 applying that term to virtue, or any of the 

 severer, or sublimer qualities of the mind ; 

 and also shews that it does not consist in 

 proportion, in perfection, or in fitness, or 

 utility : he then examines in what it really 

 consists, and what are its qualities. Of 

 these qualities, I shall merely give the enu- 

 meration, and shall do what will be most 

 satisfactory, by cop}dng Mr. Burke's own 

 comparison of them with the qualities of 

 the sublime. " Sublime objects are vast in 

 their dimensions ; beautiful ones compara-* 

 tively small : beauty should be smooth and 

 polished ; the great, rugged and negligent : 

 beauty should shun the right line, yet devi- 



