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fol. 59r    [fol. 58v is blank] 	'Of Truth of Tone' (Pt II, Sn II, Ch  I)    (3.271?)
				'Of Truth of Space … Focus of the Eye' (Pt II, Sn II, Ch IV)    (3.320)
      
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     its overpowering fire - I do not say that such may not be the most
     <truly> picturesque - ^ {effects} - the most sublime - or most beautiful - or most
     impressive - or most desirable in every way .      But I do say that they
     are par       rare & unusual effects - that nature usually shows half
 5   a dozen climates at the same time - and that the artist<s> who truthfully
     represents and unites these . is not only capable of representing a
     single effect whenever he likes - but is <generally> {essentially} more truthful .
     							          {because he} <t>
     represents <nature in her usual> what is the more frequent custom &
     practice of nature .
10   (Enter here into close comparison of the simple tones of the ancients
     with those of Turner & Barrett .  showing that they only attempt
     simple ones .   then crown Turner with his unisons of apparently
     irreconcileable [sic] lights  .)     In second kind of tone . note black man
     in the Launceston - & the black ^ touches in nature out of their place  .  Launceton
15   			Chap  5  .
     The eye . like any other lens . must have its focus altered . in order
     to convey distinct impressions of objects at different distances.
     so that it is totally impossible to see two objects . one of which is
     farther off than another , distinctly, at the same instant .   Of this
20   any one may convince himself in a moment .     Look at the bars of
     your window frame .  so as to get a distinct view of their lines & form .
     and you cannot - so long as your eye is fixed on them, perceive
      

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