compared and conjidered . 297 
if they were hewn with an Ax, or druck 
out with a Mallet and Chi del. It will £hew 
Bungling, Inequality, and Imperfection in 
every Part, and that the Whole is difpropor- 
tionate and mondrous. Our fined Miniature 
Paintings appear before this Indrument as 
mere Daubings, plaidered on with a Trowel, 
and entirely void of Beauty, either in the 
Drawing or the Colouring. Our mod finn¬ 
ing Varniflhes, our fmoothed Polififings, 
will be found to be mere Roughnefs, full of 
Gaps and Flaws. 
Thus fink the Works of Arty when we be¬ 
come enabled to fee what they really are * 
But, on the contrary, the nearer we examine, 
the plainer we didinguifh, the more we can 
difcover of the Works of Nature , even in the 
lead and meaned of her Productions, the 
more fenfible we mud be made of the Wif- 
dom. Power, and Greatnefs of their Author. 
—Let us apply the Microfcope where we 
will, nothing is to be found but Beauty and 
Perfection. View we the numberlefs Spe¬ 
cies of InfeCts that fwim, creep, or fly around 
us, what Proportion, ExaCtnels, Uniformity, 
and Symmetry fhall we perceive in all their 
Organs 1 what a Profufion of Colouring! 
Azure, Green, and Vermilion, Gold, Silver, 
Pearls, Rubies, and Diamonds ; Fringe and 
Embroidery on their Bodies, Wings, Heads, 
and every other Part 1 How rich the Glow! 
how 
