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fol. 20r [fol. 19v is blank] Chapter IV in Part I, Section I: 'Of Ideas of Imitation' (3.102)
*..*<s> of precisely the same order & degree . whether it be received from the
imitation of the bustles of a woman - or the tears of a Magdalen <it
implies exactly the same degree of feeling ^ {received} and influence exerted .
whether by *…….* or Carlo Dolci . and> in both cases . rendering it
5 totally impossible that any feeling of a higher order should be experienced
at the same time . <It occupies all the faculties - in the basest
possible manner .> We may consider tears as a result of agony - or
of *……..* . whichever we please . but not both at the same <time> moment .
If we are surprised by them as a form of the one . it is impossible we
10 can be affected by them .as a sign of the other .
Secondly . Because not only <t>do they preclude the spectator from enjoying
any inhererent beauty in the subject . but they can only be received from
mean & paltry subjects - It is impossible to imitate anything noble .
We can paint a cat or a fiddle - so that they look as if we could take
15 them up - but we cannot imitate the ocean - or the Alps .
We can imitate fruit - but not a tree - flowers - but not a pasture -
cut glass - but not {the} rainbow<s> . All pictures in which deceptive powers
of imitation are displayed, are therefore either of contemptible subjects .or
have the imitation shown on contemptible parts of them - bits of dress -
20 necklaces - bas reliefs - <hats> &c.
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