56 APHORISMS FROM AN AUTHOR 



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original. The light is too bright on the haunch, or 

 too broad. The iuperior mufcle of the ham does not 

 force itfelf upwards enough, as in the original. The 

 calf of the leg is not fufficiently feparatecl from the 

 lower part of the friank, and is alfo too ftrong in the 

 , copy. The inferior mufcle s of the fhank are not pro-, 

 minent enough, the foot is in general particularized, 

 especially in the toes. The cheek bones do not fall 

 down enough ; the hair is not properly fhaded. The 

 breafr. is too large and pendulous. The whole ear is 

 hor idly drawn, brought too forward, and not fuffi- 

 ciently forefhortened. Of the fatyr and the trees I fay 

 nothing ; they are quite mocking. Though by fome 

 they may be thought tolerable fo long as they are not 

 compared with the original ; and it is even very con- 

 ceivable, how Knorr could fay, that it is a fine copy. 



This will fuffice for warning admirers againft impo- 

 lition, and for exciting their attention. It is not al- 

 ways a fraud in dealers when they fell copies for origi- 

 nals, it frequently happens from ignorance. Thofe 

 that we have now fpoken of may eahly lead into mif- 

 take the eye not thoroughly pracl lied in experimental 

 fcience. 



APHORISMS, FROM THE LATIN OF AN AUTHOR, 

 WELL-KNOWN, BUT LITTLE READ, OF THE 

 LAST CENTURY. 



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IT is manifefi, from innumerable examples, that 

 mankind are moll addicted to fuperftition, when under 



the 



