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ftriking whole, into detached unirapreflive
parts.
Nothing, I believe, would be of more
fervice in forming a tafce for general effedt,
and general compofition, than to examine
the fame fcenes, in the full diftindtnefs of
day, and again after fun-fet. In fadt, twi-
light does, what an improver ought to do; it
connedts what was before fcattered ; it fills
up ftaring, meagre vacancies; it deftroys
edginefs ; and by giving fhadow as well as
light to water, at once increafes both its
brilliancy and foftnefs. It muft however
be obferved, that twilight, while it takes
off the edginefs of thofe objedts which are
below the horizon, more fenfibly marks the
outline of thofe which are oppofed to the
fky; and confequently difcovers the defects,
as well as the beauties of their forms.
From this circumftance, improvers may
learn a very ufeful lefion, that the outline
againft
ftriking whole, into detached unirapreflive
parts.
Nothing, I believe, would be of more
fervice in forming a tafce for general effedt,
and general compofition, than to examine
the fame fcenes, in the full diftindtnefs of
day, and again after fun-fet. In fadt, twi-
light does, what an improver ought to do; it
connedts what was before fcattered ; it fills
up ftaring, meagre vacancies; it deftroys
edginefs ; and by giving fhadow as well as
light to water, at once increafes both its
brilliancy and foftnefs. It muft however
be obferved, that twilight, while it takes
off the edginefs of thofe objedts which are
below the horizon, more fenfibly marks the
outline of thofe which are oppofed to the
fky; and confequently difcovers the defects,
as well as the beauties of their forms.
From this circumftance, improvers may
learn a very ufeful lefion, that the outline
againft