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338 C O N G R U I T Y Ch. X.
nus , os which propriety is a species ; for we call
nothing propriety , but that congruity or suitable-
ness , which ought to subsist between sensible
beings .and their thoughts, words, and adions.
In order to give a full view of these secondary
relations, I ssiall trace them through some of the
molt considerab,le primary relations. The rela-
tion of a part to the whole , being extremely inti-
mate , demands the utmost degree of congruity :
even the ssighted: deviation is disgustful ; witness
the Lutrin, a burlesque poem , which is closed
with a serious and warm panegyric on Lamoignon,
one of the king’s judges :
——---Amphora ccepit
Institui ; currente rota , cur urceus exit ?
Examples of congruity and incongruity are fur-
nissied in plenty by the relation between a subjedt
and its ornaments. A literary persormance in-
tended merely sor amusement, is susceptible of
much ornament , as well as a musre-room or a
play-house : for in gaiety , the mind hath a pecu-
liar relish for show and decoration. The mod:
gorgeous apparel, however improper in tragedy ,
is not unsuitable to opera-afiors : the truth is , an
opera , in its present form , is a mighty fine thing ;
but as it deviates from nature in its capital circum-
ssances we look not for nature nor propriety in
those which are acce-sfory. On the other hand , a
nus , os which propriety is a species ; for we call
nothing propriety , but that congruity or suitable-
ness , which ought to subsist between sensible
beings .and their thoughts, words, and adions.
In order to give a full view of these secondary
relations, I ssiall trace them through some of the
molt considerab,le primary relations. The rela-
tion of a part to the whole , being extremely inti-
mate , demands the utmost degree of congruity :
even the ssighted: deviation is disgustful ; witness
the Lutrin, a burlesque poem , which is closed
with a serious and warm panegyric on Lamoignon,
one of the king’s judges :
——---Amphora ccepit
Institui ; currente rota , cur urceus exit ?
Examples of congruity and incongruity are fur-
nissied in plenty by the relation between a subjedt
and its ornaments. A literary persormance in-
tended merely sor amusement, is susceptible of
much ornament , as well as a musre-room or a
play-house : for in gaiety , the mind hath a pecu-
liar relish for show and decoration. The mod:
gorgeous apparel, however improper in tragedy ,
is not unsuitable to opera-afiors : the truth is , an
opera , in its present form , is a mighty fine thing ;
but as it deviates from nature in its capital circum-
ssances we look not for nature nor propriety in
those which are acce-sfory. On the other hand , a