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ance. Then turning to Mr. Howard, 

 " there are several things," said he, " that 

 have been thrown out by our uninitiated 

 friend, which you could not well deny in 

 general, nor yet venture to make those 

 discriminations which might naturally have 

 occurred to you ; for you know they would 

 tend to sanction a certain distinction, that 

 you have chosen to reject/' 



" I perceive by this," said Mr. Seymour, 

 " that there are different sects among you 

 modern connoisseurs, as there were among 

 the ancient philosophers; and as an an- 

 cient, whose doubts were not perfectly 

 resolved by a Stoic, would apply to an 

 Epicurean or a Peripatetic, so I will now 

 beg to propose some queries to you." 



" There is but one point of difference/' 

 said Mr. Hamilton, " between Howard 

 and me, and that rather on a matter of 

 curious inquiry, than of real moment; 

 our general principles are the same, and I 

 flatter myself we should pass nearly the 

 same judgment on the merits and defects 

 of any work of art, or on any piece of na- 



