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ot the harpsichord: the flute, and even 

 the organ have too much of the same qua- 

 lity of sound i they give no relief to the 

 voice; it is like accompanying smooth 

 water with smooth banks : yet will any 

 one say, that separately considered, the 

 sound of the harp or the violin is as beau- 

 tiful as that of a fine human voice, or that 

 they ought to be classed together ? or that 

 discords are as beautiful as concords, or 

 that both are beautiful, because when they 

 are mixed with judgment, the whole is 

 more delightful ? Does not this shew that 

 what is very justly called beautiful, from 

 the essential qualities of beauty being pre- 

 dominant, is frequentty, nay generally com- 

 posite ; and that we act against the con- 

 stant practice of nature and of judicious 

 art, when we endeavour to make objects 

 more beautiful, by depriving them of what 

 gives beauty some of its most powerful 

 attractions ? 



