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bly accord with the objects they charac- 

 terise. 



Guido, on the other hand, was as emi^ 

 nent for beauty: iu his celestial counte- 

 nances are the happiest examples of gra- 

 dual variation, of lines that melt and flow 

 into each other; no sudden break, nothing 

 that can disturb that pleasing languor, 

 which the union of all that constitutes 

 beauty impresses on the soul. The style of 

 his hair is as smooth, as its own character, 

 and its effect in accompanying the face 

 will allow; the flow of his drapery, the 

 sweetness and equality of his pencilling, 

 and the silvery clearness and purity of his 

 tints, are all examples of the justness of 

 Mr. Burke's principles of beauty. But 

 we may learn from the works even of this 

 great master, how unavoidably an atten- 

 tion to mere beauty and flow of outline, 

 will lead towards sameness and insipidity. 

 If this has happened to a painter of such 

 high excellence, who so well knew the 

 value of all that belongs to his art, and 

 whose touch, when he painted a St. Peter 



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