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fol. 8v		Chapter VII of Part II, Section I: 'The Foregoing Principles' (3.255-56) ?
		Chapter II of Part I, Section I, 'Definition of Greatness of Art'  (3.88)
      
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     and yet the mind will feel more and more distinctly that there is
     an intention <and character> in their address for which its offence
     must be forgiven. -
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     We shall be better understood by separating the language from the thought. in one *
      
      
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fol. 9r		Chapter II in Part I, Section I: 'Definition of Greatness in Art' (3.87-88)
      
      
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     expressed.  He has done just as much towards being a painter. as a
     man who has learned how to write & pronounce the word tree . has towards
     being a poet.    Both can express themselves.    The language is indeed.
     more difficult of acquirement in the one case than in the other . and in
 5   proportion as it is more difficult - it is more expressive . but it is still
     nothing but language.       It is in what the painter represents - &
     what the poet says - that their respective greatness is seen. and
     by this alone that it is to be determined .
     <If we were {however.}> to <s>Speaking with strict propriety . we should <speak
     of> {call} a man<s> -
10   <being> a great painter, only as he excelled in precision & force of the<is> language
     of <painting> lines .   and <of his being> a great versifier. as {he} excell<ing>{ed} in
     precision
     & force of the<is> language of words.       A great poet.  would then be
     a term strictly and in precisely the same sense . applicable to both .
     <as expressive of> {if warranted by} the character of the images or thoughts which,
     each
15   in their different languages . <they> conveyed.
     <For instance . the Picture of Landseer .  The Old Shepherds chief mourner
     #30#was> one of the noblest poems in pictures . we use the word as synonymous .
     which modern times <of s> have seen.  <In this> the Old Shepherds chief
     mourner .  Here - the exquisite execution of the glossy & <curly*> crisp hair of
20   the dog - the bright sharp touching of the green bough be<neath>{side} it - the
      

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