PART &t OF TASTE. 2/ 



Sounds are capable of producing very powerful effects upon 

 the mind, either simple or combined, either melodious or har- 

 monic. The melodious sounds of birds are the most univer- 

 sally pleasing ; the roar of the sea, or the noise of thunder, 

 the most terrific or sublime. 



Gravity is another property of matter. It is at first known 

 by the touch and the eye which discerns motion ; but from ex- 

 perience we perceive it, in many cases, by the eye alone ; which 

 requires that erect objects be properly balanced, or have their 

 line of gravitation pass through their centre. 



Gravity requires to be particularly attended to both in the 

 combination of forms, as in architecture ; in their position, as 

 in pruning trees; or in their motion, as in walking,' &c. 



