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horses ; that old hovel, a handsome build- 

 ing: would such a change preclude all 

 effect of light and shadow ? would it pre- 

 clude all harmony of colours ? and are 

 ugly objects alone adapted to receive a 

 blended variety of mellow and harmonious 

 tints ? 



" I am willing," continued he, after a 

 short pause, " to allow a great deal to har- 

 mony of colours ; its effect is perceived in 

 a nosegay, or a riband ; but is, therefore, 

 the beauty of particular colours to be to- 

 tally out of the question, and their har- 

 mony solely to be attended to ? and am I 

 obliged to call a number of colours beau- 

 tiful, because they match well, though each 

 of them, separately considered, is ugly? 

 It is very possible, for example, that the 

 old gypsey's tanned skin, the ass and his 

 panniers, the rotten posts and thatch of 

 the hovel, may match each other admir- 

 ably ; but, for the soul of me, I cannot 

 think of them in the same light, with the 

 fresh and tender colours in the cheeks of 

 young men or women; with the shapes and 



