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preserved ; and still more so, if the mirror 

 should be one of the dark kind, which are 

 often made use of for viewing scenery. 



" I allow it," said Mr* Seymour. 



" Let us, then/* continued Mr. Hamilton* 

 ce apply all this to painting, If* for in- 

 stance, the ox in that Rembrandt* which 

 (as in the case of the dark mirror) is of a 

 lower tone than nature, and in which the 

 detail is skilfully suppressed, were painted 

 in the same full light, and with the same 

 minute exactness as this head of Denner, 

 you would probably turn with some dis- 

 gust from such a crude, undisguised dis- 

 play of raw flesh. But, again, suppose 

 instead of being, as it now is, hardly a 

 fourth part of the size of a real ox, it were 

 as large as nature, and still every part 

 thus distinctly expressed as if seen quite 

 close, I am not sure that you would not 

 keep at the same distance from it, as you 

 did from the shambles in the village." 



" I easily conceive," said Mr. Seymour, 

 " that it makes a very great difference 

 whether you are close to a large disgusting 



