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object, or at some distance from it, evert 

 supposing every other sense than that of 

 seeing out of the question ; but did paint- 

 ers never paint shambles, and such objects 

 on a large scale? 



" They did/' said Mr. Hamilton; " but 

 then they imagined the spectator to be at 

 suck a distance, as easily to take in the 

 whole together ; and consequently, in the 

 usual manner of looking at such objects, 

 not likely to distinguish the minute parts : 

 they would therefore be- untrue to nature, 

 had they made them distinct. Denner has 

 supposed you to be quite close to the ob- 

 ject, and intent upon every particular : his 

 choice, therefore, is iri some measure un- 

 natural, though he has great merit in the 

 execution. If you put #ft these circum- 

 stances together, I think you will perceive 

 that even without having recourse to the 

 operation of the other senses, we may ao* 

 Count for the difference between the effect 

 of disgusting objects in reality, and in pic-^ 

 lures ; in which last, not only the size of 

 objects, and their detail, are in general very 



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