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" I can allow a great deal/' said Mr. 

 Seymour, " for the manner in which paint- 

 ers view objects, and consider them with 

 respect to their art, and consequently ap- 

 p]y terms to them, which others would 

 hardly use ; except those, perhaps, who, 

 without being artists, may have acquired 

 their ideas and language: but tell me, Ha- 

 milton, is it possible that when that roof, 

 with all its brilliant ornaments, shall be 

 rent and broken; when the gilding, the 

 marbles, the rich frizes, and cornices, be- 

 come stained with moisture, and are mould- 

 ering away, the painter will admire them 

 more than when in perfect preservation, or 

 think them more suited to his art ? But 

 why do I ask : is not this a picture ? and 

 does it not delight you and Howard, as 

 much as it does me, and such untutored 

 eyes as mine ? — But I see Howard is just 

 come in ; and I shall not be sorry to hear 

 you discuss this point together." 



" Well, Seymour," said Mr. Howard, 

 when he came up to them, " are not these 



