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pressing them apart, so that the Reader, con-
fronting the different opinions, can conceive
better the object of which we treat. It nei-
ther adds or takes from Beauty to discourse
differently upon its origin: this does not take
srom it that which it really is.
To form these my observations I have always
profited of the works of Mengs, and what
I have drawn from his conversation during many
years os the most intimate and intrinsic sriend-
ihip, for which reason I protest ingenuoussy,
that whatever might be found valuable in these
discourses, is all srom Mengs; and the worth-
less parts will be assuredly mine.
pressing them apart, so that the Reader, con-
fronting the different opinions, can conceive
better the object of which we treat. It nei-
ther adds or takes from Beauty to discourse
differently upon its origin: this does not take
srom it that which it really is.
To form these my observations I have always
profited of the works of Mengs, and what
I have drawn from his conversation during many
years os the most intimate and intrinsic sriend-
ihip, for which reason I protest ingenuoussy,
that whatever might be found valuable in these
discourses, is all srom Mengs; and the worth-
less parts will be assuredly mine.