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ways attract the attention of a cultivated 

 eye ; while others where the detail is ad- 

 mirable, but where this master-principle 

 is wanting, will often at the first view, be 

 passed by without notice. The mind, 

 however, requires to be stimulated as well 

 as soothed, and there is in this, as in so 

 many other instances, a strong analogy 

 between painting and music : the first ef- 

 fect of mere breadth of light and shadow 

 is to the eye, what that of mere harmony of 

 sounds is to the ear ; both produce a pleas- 

 ing repose, a calm sober delight, which, if 

 not relieved by something less uniform, 

 soon sinks into distaste and weariness : for 

 repose and sleep, which are often used as 

 synonymous terms, are always nearly al- 

 lied. But as the principle of harmony 

 must be preserved in the wildest and most 

 eccentric pieces of music, in those where 

 sudden, and quickly varying emotions of 

 the soul are expressed; so must that of 

 breadth be equally attended to in scenes 

 of bustle and seeming confusion ; , in those 

 where the wildest scenery, or most violent 



