Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-12

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|sar What taste, Durst internal powers
Active and strong, and feehngly ahye
Ia each fire impulse 2 a discerning sense
EM daccnt sublime, with quick disgust
|Fro.a tisiuGs deformed-. '--AxyxslDr,
no pleasures equal those Of the mind.
l:sviEle engaged in the qualification Of
sense, we are too apt to lose sight OF those
|pure. intellectual pleasures, which pro-
coed from a refined and Well-regulated.
mind. And Of all the pleasures OF the
mind, those derived from delirate ard
|reGneii taste are The most exquisite, and
east Liable to change. Taste is that
sacalty Of the sapl, which transports us
tevsnd the regions Of s~'se, into those,
;eias Of rure, intellectual bliss, where
The mind, disepgaged from its incidenta!
cares. rartaxes Of all the pleasures OF
mental enjoyment. Il enables US to ar
.ange and combine, to discern and Judge,
|an.lwhile vie admire, toinHtate the beau
| les Of nature.
1t may Justly be termed an interme.
liate faculty between sense l. metaphy-
,iicsl speculation, s. by rising SUPERIOR
70 the former, itgratideswithout corrupt-
Ing the mind, and being freed f.on the
iabstiaseness Of the latter, il improves
without fatiguing. The man, whose
taste is cultivated and improved, discerna
Zen Thousand Beauties in the works OF
latuse and art, that escape the notice Of
1.-The yuigm eye.
Ills eye ii line frepsy rolling,
Duth glance from heaven to earth, from
earth to keasen,".
And whether he wanders over the How
|ery fields. sscends the craggy mount,
irstires iata the solitary grove, or rides
tupnn the billowy ocean, still he is at
itracted by tie cEarms, delighted by the
l5eauty, or astonist.ed BY the subiin.ity Of
mature. In ths wotks of art, he unltes
ithe grace of symmetry with the elegance
lof variety, be. car discern the mutual
icoanexion Of Ill the rarts, and the unit
led beauty cf itieswhole. Bat it is in
lscience that tie iilaa Of taste is most
distinguished. lie there displays all the
strength If this faculty. he enters the
temple Of seic re, E,,t to rife Its mate
Trials, but to examine their Beauties
lie views the works Ct departed
seniuses with peculiar delight, and u
tnites The eandour Of a. philosopher with
Ithe ardour os a scholar. A Homer, an
lossian, and Milton, attract his atten-
Ition and excite his feelings, and by a
sympathy OF soul he enters into the spirit
jaE their works, and seems to hold con-
Verse with tie authors. But the utility
lof taste is not confined To the works Of
mature, art, or science. Man $3.50 con-
,titptea, that there is an intimate con-
neaien among all lis faculties and this
81 cIevating him above tie gross plea
f,uses cg sense, enables him to enjoy those
(which are calcul.tedto improve his mo-
lrals and thereby increase lis happiness.
II is gratifying 70 observe the connex-.
ion between the taste and morals Of ma
ieion. tits strong proof of the utility Of
this faculty, that wherever the taste of a
ineople has been pure. their morals haze
been good /; and if their taste became
Icorrupt, it was sure presage of corrupt
morals.
| There is always a certain cnnnezion
between the moral aud iitcrary,ta taste OF
anation. When Rome was in the Ze-
lnith OF her glory, peaceaE'e athome, and
terrible abroad, she admired the strong,
sublime. thanga copious and elegant die
I,ion of Cicero, Inc correctness. purity,
and SIMPLICITY Of Virgil. y the perspicu-
,ifY of Caesar. But after her political
character was weakened by the impor-
|sation Of foreign laxuries, and her mo-
Ira! taste corrupted by the imitation OF
Issiatic manners, The works of those
mighty geniuscs gradually sunk into neg
|leet, until science and taste and every
Thing that adorns and di9nifies the
|character of man, was suffered to be
hurled into one common grave by the
IGothic Invasion.
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