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The Fine Arts.
reſting. The nimble dance of the fingers may raiſe wonder, but not delight.
As to drawing, thoſe cannot be really charmed by it, who do not obſerve the beauties of nature, and even admire them.
If a perſon is fond of tracing the effects of the paſſions, and marking the appearances they give to the countenance, they will be glad to ſee characters diſplayed on canvaſs, and enter into the ſpirit of them; but if by them the book of nature has not been read, their admiration is childiſh.
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