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tains, and the handsome country houses 

 in different parts, have all a very rich and 

 chearful appearance. I am quite glad to 

 find, that what, according to my ideas, is 

 beautiful, and highly ornamented, may be 

 expressed in painting, as well as what is so 

 like dirt and ugliness, that it requires some 

 practice to distinguish in what the differ- 

 ence consists : had I the liberty of picking 

 out a few pictures from the collection for 

 my own amusement, this certainly would 

 be one of them/' 



" And with much reason," said Mr. Ha- 

 milton ; " for where great excellence in the 

 art is employed on pleasing objects, the 

 superior interest will be felt by every ob- 

 server ; but especially by those who are less 

 conversant in the mechanical part. On that 

 account, I am persuaded, that the two pic- 

 tures of Panini in the next room, which 

 Howard and I have Jx>th mentioned to you, 

 will give as much pleasure to you, as they 

 do to us ; particularly that of the inside of 

 St. Peter's." 



