- tray themselves by their over-delicacy (which is the
want of all true delicacy) in this respect. But I am ashamed to be obliged to combat such silly affectations; they are beneath men who have either head or heart; they are unworthy of women who have either education or simplicity of manner; they would disgrace even waiting-maids and sentimental milliners-"—Barry.
"There is no more potent antidote to low sensuality than the adoration of beauty. All the higher arts of design are essentially chaste, without respect of the object. They purify the thoughts, as tragedy, according to Aristotle, purifies the passions. Their accidental effects are not worth consideration. There are souls to whom even a vestal is not holy."—A. W. von Schlegel.
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF PAINTING COMPARED.
"The painters of the Roman school were the best
designers, and had more of the antique taste in their
works than any of the others, but generally they
were not good colorists. Those of Florence were
good designers, and had a kind of greatness, but it
was not antique. The Venetian and Lombard
schools had excellent colorists, and a certain grace,
but entirely modern, especially those of Venice; but
their drawing was generally incorrect, and their
knowledge in history and the antique very little.
And the Bolognese school of the Caracci is a sort
of composition of the others; even Annibal himself
