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214 GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY. Ch. IV.
language these different emotions. The emotions
railed by color , by regularity, by proportion,
and by order, have such a resemblance to each
other, as readily to come under one general term,
•nzz, the emotion oj beauty; but the emotion of
grandeur is so different from these mentioned, as
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to merit a peculiar name.
Though regularity, proportion, order, and color,
contribute to grandeur as well as to beauty, yet
these qualities are not by fat so essential to the for-
mer as to the latter. I'o make out that propor-
tion, some preliminaries are requisite. In the firfl
place the mind , not being totally occupied with a
small object , can give its attention at the same
time to every minute part ; but in a great or ex-
tensive objefl , the mind being totally occupied
with, the capital and sinking parts, has no atten-
tion lest for those that are little or indifferent.
In the next place , two similar objeSs appear not
similar when viewed at different diRances • the si-
milar parts of a very large objeft, cannot be seen
but at different diRances ; and for that reason , its
regularity , and the proportion of its parts , are in
some measure loR to the eye ; neither are the ir-
regularities of a very large objess so conspicuous
as of one that is small. Hence it is , that a large
obje<R is not so agreeable by its regularity , as a
small objcss ; nor so disagreeable by its irregu-
larities.
These considerations make it evident, that gran'
language these different emotions. The emotions
railed by color , by regularity, by proportion,
and by order, have such a resemblance to each
other, as readily to come under one general term,
•nzz, the emotion oj beauty; but the emotion of
grandeur is so different from these mentioned, as
©
to merit a peculiar name.
Though regularity, proportion, order, and color,
contribute to grandeur as well as to beauty, yet
these qualities are not by fat so essential to the for-
mer as to the latter. I'o make out that propor-
tion, some preliminaries are requisite. In the firfl
place the mind , not being totally occupied with a
small object , can give its attention at the same
time to every minute part ; but in a great or ex-
tensive objefl , the mind being totally occupied
with, the capital and sinking parts, has no atten-
tion lest for those that are little or indifferent.
In the next place , two similar objeSs appear not
similar when viewed at different diRances • the si-
milar parts of a very large objeft, cannot be seen
but at different diRances ; and for that reason , its
regularity , and the proportion of its parts , are in
some measure loR to the eye ; neither are the ir-
regularities of a very large objess so conspicuous
as of one that is small. Hence it is , that a large
obje<R is not so agreeable by its regularity , as a
small objcss ; nor so disagreeable by its irregu-
larities.
These considerations make it evident, that gran'