the Painter, by the Contraſt of his Figures, often acquires great Applauſe.
A great Genius among us, will illuſtrate this Matter fully. I cannot, indeed, range him under any general Head of common Artiſts, as he that a Title to be placed among thoſe
Inventas, qui vitam excoluere per Artes.
Who by invented Arts have Life improv’d.
I mean here the Inventor of that moſt exquiſite Entertainment, called the Engliſh Pantomime.
This Entertainment conſiſted of two Parts, which the Inventor diſtinguiſhed by the Names of the Serious and the Comic. The Serious exhibited a certain Number of Heathen Gods and Heroes, who were certainly the worſt and dulleſt Company into which an Audience was ever introduced; and (which was a Secret known to few) were actually intended ſo to be, in order to contraſt the Comic Part of the Entertainment, and to diſplay the Tricks of Harlequin to the better Advantage.
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