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Wisdom And Folly.
the Ranges nf Physics and Ethics . The apartments of Poetry , which communicated ' -with History and Philosophy , resembled those in shape and size , but with much more splendid furniture ; the furniture of History and Philosophy being chiefly for use ; of Poetry , more for pleasure . The apartments of" Poetry , which did not communicate with History and Philosophy , were much lower than those that didand were called Fairy-placeor Marvel-rooms . Thither the
, , Wise now and then resort , after a cheerful gla > s ; loll in their coaches , and lake a nap . - The chief apartments of , Poetry , which communicated with History and Philosophy by the Gallery of Imitation were called Drama and Epos . There was a set of rooms belonging to Poetry called Analogy , to which the frequenters of Philosophy very often resorted , and
sometimes mistook them' for their own , before the } - were perfecily acquainted with all the building and passages . But my Guide told me , that the more perfectly Philosophy was known , the less did its fre - quenters mistake Analogy for either History or itself . Analogy contained , among the most delightful , apartments of the Poetry division . My Guide took me into a very large apartment of the division of
Poetry , over tbe doer of which was written Drama . In the middle was a long table , at which about tUirty penons were seated at some distance ; behind which were pillars , which led to galleries , Over which were inscribed the names , as 1 afterwards found , of the persons present . I was surprised to observe that the gentlemen on
on the ri g ht appeared melancholy ; on the left merry . Moving up the room , I beheld the Chaiiman , whose countenance was the most striking , penetrating , versatile , and fascinating i had ever seen . His voice was the strongest , deepest , most variegated , and most impressive I had ever heard . His figure , in hei ght and muscular strength , much exceeded the common size and force of men . M y Guide asked to view his pictures , all the galleries being
decorated with pictures drawn by their several proprietors . We first entered the Chairman ' s gallery . Whenever I entered I thought myself amidst men alive and acting ; so perfect was the resemblance to nature . The paintings on Ihe rig ht hand were exquisitel y impassioned ; on the left , exquisitely humorous , and in every conceivable variety of passion and humour . I saw the same figures were
drawn in series of situation and action . On examining the paintings severally , J was extremely delighted and affected by a black man , drawn in various situations , all impassioned . In one , he was gazing with most ardent love on a most charming woman ; while another man , of a very villainous countenancewas frowning diabolically on b . ih : in anotherthe villain
, , was holding out a handkerchief to the Black , on which he fixed his eyes with an expression of the greatest agitation : in a third , the Black was regarding the woman with a countenance exhibiting at once love and fury : in the Iasr , he "as smothering her . A man dressed somewh . it like a Scotch Highlander was the subject of a series of paintings . In one he appeared to be in great p , 3 i-
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Wisdom And Folly.
the Ranges nf Physics and Ethics . The apartments of Poetry , which communicated ' -with History and Philosophy , resembled those in shape and size , but with much more splendid furniture ; the furniture of History and Philosophy being chiefly for use ; of Poetry , more for pleasure . The apartments of" Poetry , which did not communicate with History and Philosophy , were much lower than those that didand were called Fairy-placeor Marvel-rooms . Thither the
, , Wise now and then resort , after a cheerful gla > s ; loll in their coaches , and lake a nap . - The chief apartments of , Poetry , which communicated with History and Philosophy by the Gallery of Imitation were called Drama and Epos . There was a set of rooms belonging to Poetry called Analogy , to which the frequenters of Philosophy very often resorted , and
sometimes mistook them' for their own , before the } - were perfecily acquainted with all the building and passages . But my Guide told me , that the more perfectly Philosophy was known , the less did its fre - quenters mistake Analogy for either History or itself . Analogy contained , among the most delightful , apartments of the Poetry division . My Guide took me into a very large apartment of the division of
Poetry , over tbe doer of which was written Drama . In the middle was a long table , at which about tUirty penons were seated at some distance ; behind which were pillars , which led to galleries , Over which were inscribed the names , as 1 afterwards found , of the persons present . I was surprised to observe that the gentlemen on
on the ri g ht appeared melancholy ; on the left merry . Moving up the room , I beheld the Chaiiman , whose countenance was the most striking , penetrating , versatile , and fascinating i had ever seen . His voice was the strongest , deepest , most variegated , and most impressive I had ever heard . His figure , in hei ght and muscular strength , much exceeded the common size and force of men . M y Guide asked to view his pictures , all the galleries being
decorated with pictures drawn by their several proprietors . We first entered the Chairman ' s gallery . Whenever I entered I thought myself amidst men alive and acting ; so perfect was the resemblance to nature . The paintings on Ihe rig ht hand were exquisitel y impassioned ; on the left , exquisitely humorous , and in every conceivable variety of passion and humour . I saw the same figures were
drawn in series of situation and action . On examining the paintings severally , J was extremely delighted and affected by a black man , drawn in various situations , all impassioned . In one , he was gazing with most ardent love on a most charming woman ; while another man , of a very villainous countenancewas frowning diabolically on b . ih : in anotherthe villain
, , was holding out a handkerchief to the Black , on which he fixed his eyes with an expression of the greatest agitation : in a third , the Black was regarding the woman with a countenance exhibiting at once love and fury : in the Iasr , he "as smothering her . A man dressed somewh . it like a Scotch Highlander was the subject of a series of paintings . In one he appeared to be in great p , 3 i-