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worn-out part of the velvet; but, with 

 this assistance, one distinguishes each of 

 the bare threads, so as really to follow, in 

 a manner, the process of the loom. You 

 may now take your glass again, for though 

 it is very curious to examine it with such 

 a magnifier, it is much more pleasant to 

 look at it without. I am afraid the Den- 

 ner will suffer by comparison with this 

 exquisite piece of art; let us, however, 

 return to it. Yes/' continued he, " I do 

 perceive there is a crudeness of imitation, 

 compared with the last — but, Hamilton, 

 you have been quite silent all this time ; 

 I believe Howard's suspicion was unjust, 

 or, at least, that hitherto you agree with 

 him in all he has advanced/' 



" I do most entirely agree with him," 

 replied Mr. Hamilton ; " for I am not so 

 apt to quarrel with his distinctions, as he 

 is with mine ; and that distinction which 

 he made between these three different 

 styles of painting, is, in my opinion, a very, 

 just one. But, tell me, which of the three 

 do you prefer r" 



