Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-16

and the manner OF his telling IN so rev
words, the event of so grrata revelation,
sothat the mind 6ndsa greasnumberof di-
ferent sentiments that concur TO shake her
and TO compose a.pleasure for her.
Of the different causes (Which may pfodtsce
a sentiment ~
Il must be remarked, that "a sentiments
not commonly produced in oursoul by one
single cause. It's, if may venture upon
the term, a certain dose, which at once
produces strength and variety. Genius con.
sists in striking many organs at onee; and
If the several writer's are examined, per-
haps III will be seen, that the best, and
those who have pleased most, are these
who have excited in the soul the greatest
number of sensation, at one and the same
time.
We love play because it satisfies oar ava
rice; that is TO say, our desire OF having
more it fatters our vanity by the idea of
preference that fortune gives as, and OF the
attention that others pay to our success.-
1t satisfies our curiosity, in giving as a
spectacle. In short, it gives US the Differ
rnt pleasures of surprize.
Or DELIcAcY.
Delicate people are those who, to every
idea, or to every taste, join many accessa-
nv ideas, or many accessory tastes. Gross
people have but one sensation: their soul
can neither compound nor dissolve; they
neither add any thing to, nor take any
thing away from what nature gives; where
as delicate people, who are in love, oy
composition form almost all the pleasures
that are to be found in love. Polixene and
Apicius carry to their tables, tastes that
are unknown to US vulgar eaters and those
who Judge the works of wit with taste,
have and make 20 themselves an inhnity OF
sensations that other men are strangers
to.
The fe ne scai quoi, in persons and IN
things, is often an invisible charm, ma.
tural grace, that cannot be defined, and
which we have been forced to call the 1e
ne: sea- quoi. Lake it to be an effect prin-
cipally founded on surprize we are touch.
ed by being more pleased with a person
than we at first expected TO be; and we
are agreeably surprized to find those faults
overcome, which our eyes pointed out to-
us, but which our hearts no longer acknow-
ledge. This is the reason why ugly wo.
men are very often possessed of The graces,
and that IL is but seldom beautiful women
have them. Graces are oftener found in
the wit than in the face for a fine face is
seen at once, and scarcely any oft is, con,
.cealed butwi, shews itselby little andp;tsle,
Just when it chuses. and just as much as
it chuses; it can conceal itself, and flake
Its appearance give that sort Of surprlze
which constitutes the graces.
The graces are not so much in the fea-
lures of the face, as in the manners tor
the manners are every instant new, aud
may every moment create surprlze.
Progress Of surRrize.
What makes the greatest beauty, is
when thing surprizes bat moderately at
first, but keeps up that surprize, increases
it, and at last leads to admiration. The
works of Raphael strike but little at first
sight; bat an extraordinary expression, a
strong coloring, an uncommon attitude OF
a worse painter, se,zes Us at the first
glance, because it is $ hat we have not been
used to see. Raphael may be compared
to Virgil. and the painters of Venice with
their forced attitudes to Lucan: Virgil,
more natural, rstriks less at first, tc strike
more forcibly afterwards; Lucan strikes
more at first, and affects us less after.
wards.
The exact proportion of the famous
church of St. Peter, makes it no. appear
at first so great as it really is; for We do
not see Immediately where TO FIX our.
selves to judge of its greatness. If it was
less in breadth, we should be struck with
the length; if it was shorter, we should be
struck with its breadth but as we CONT
nue. our examination it grows upon the
eye, and the astonishment increases. 1t