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strikingly so : am I, then, to conclude 

 that the more peculiarly and strikingly 

 ugly an object is, the more charms it has 

 for the painter ?" 



" You will be surprised," said Mr. Ha- 

 milton, " when I tell you, that what you 

 have, perhaps ironically, supposed, is in 

 great measure the case/' 



Just at this time, a man, with something 

 of a foreign look, passed by them on the 

 heath, whose dress and appearance they 

 could not help staring at. " There," said 

 Mr. Seymour, after he had passed them, 

 " I hope, Hamilton, you are charmed with 

 that figure ; I hope he is sufficiently ugly* 

 for you : I shall not get his image out of 

 my head for some time ; what a singularly 

 formed nose he has, and what a size ! what 

 eyebrows ! how they, and his black raven 

 hair, hung over his eyes, and what a dark 

 designing look in those eyes! then the 

 slouched hat that he wore on one side, and 

 the sort of cloak he threw across him, as 

 if he were concealing some weapon !" 



