Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honourable William Hamilton . ration ; their tajleytheir temper , their perceptions , were marked by features so ftrikinglylike , that , you could eafily diftinguish the one from the other ; Tho-fe who have examined with care the precious pieces, / have been def-erring , mufi have been ftruck with so noble a fight ; the impreffionof which , is ftronger , in proportion as it meets with a mind betterprepared to comprehend , and a foul more difpofed to receive the fen-timents, which fine things muft neceffarily infpire .
Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honourable William Hamilton . ration ; their tajleytheir temper , their perceptions , were marked by features so ftrikinglylike , that , you could eafily diftinguish the one from the other ; Tho-fe who have examined with care the precious pieces, / have been def-erring , mufi have been ftruck with so noble a fight ; the impreffionof which , is ftronger , in proportion as it meets with a mind betterprepared to comprehend , and a foul more difpofed to receive the fen-timents, which fine things muft neceffarily infpire . How many are the-re , who have been even more ftruck with them , than I was ! ifthey have not made that impreffion , they ought on fome , it is , be-caufe they have not Jludied, or under food them fuffciently . / am ledto think alfo , that , Painting , like Poetry, is not calculated for tho-fe vulgar fouls , who are almoft unacquainted with the folid pleafuresywhich the heart and mind alone can procure ; humbled by the Virtues^Talents , or Happinefs , which they think they can never attain , the moft. Discours Préliminaire 21 de larmée avance vers le Pontife une main fuppliante : dans la mé-diation quil femble offrir, il excite la pitié pour Attila, il le mon-tre prêt à obéir, il intérefle pour fon infortune, & femble ne deman-der que le temps quil faut , pour faire une retraite à laquelle on sedifpofe & de fufpendre au moins pour quelques inftans les effets dece pouvoir abfolu,dont Léon paroit le difpenfateur. Ceft en ce mo-ment glorieux, où libérateur de fon pays, il en impofe aux Puiffancesde la terre, & difpofe de celles du Ciel, quil eft digne du nom deGrand que la poftérité lui a confirmé. Un foldat à pied près de fonRoy , le regarde avec toute la compalTion dont il eft capable danslhorrible frayeur dont il eft faifi, cette même frayeur qui simprimefur tous les vifages, à pénétré dans tous les rangs quelle a confondus,elle se voit dans les a&ions de
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