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pleasure arising from imitation ; I mean, 

 as far as the hogs-puddings are concerned; 

 for there are other parts neither ugly nor 

 disgusting : that group of boys, for in- 

 stance, who are blowing bubbles, I should 

 look at with pleasure in nature ; and many 

 parts of the building are what Hamilton 

 would call picturesque, for they are broken 

 and irregular ; and although they have no- 

 thing of beauty, they at least have nothing 

 offensive. 



" You have given this very extraordinary 

 piece of art as an instance, that the most 

 beautiful pictures may be produced by the 

 most ugly and disgusting objects : I must 

 say, that if Hamilton grants you this in 

 the strict sense of the word, it will bear 

 very hard upon his distinctions, and indeed 

 upon all distinctions on this subject; but 

 tell me, has not your eagerness to -oppose 

 his new-fangled doctrines, betrayed ^pu 

 into something a little like sophistry ? is 

 it not clear, that by beautiful, you only 

 mean excellent ? and that in the present 

 case the term would be quite absurd in 



