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be neither commodious, nor comfortable;
but when uniformity can be corrected by
, taste, or rendered less obtrusive by slight
variations, the appearance will be more
graceful and becoming. Thus, feathers,
jewels, and flowers, should usually be worn
on one side of the head.

" Painters describe this disposition of or-
nament, &c. by the word picturesque, and
have contrived what they call a fancy dress.
This is wholly at their own disposal, and
they profess to combine in it all the prin-
ciples of beauty. But unhappily, should
their figures walk across the room, these
fantastic garments would drop from their
shoulders. Were they contrived with a
little attention to common sense, they might
have their uses. Such a succedaneum,
would not only keep their works out of the
reach of ill natured critics, by covering false
anatomy, &c. but give an artist such la-
titude for light and shadow, as might enable
him to shine in the grand historical style;
though in painting the manners of the