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 fault. His Eye runs over every Part, to find out every Excellency; and his Pleasure lies in the Reflex Act of his Mind, when he knows that he can judiciously tell where every Beauty lies, or where the Defects are discernable: Which an ordinary Spectator would never find out. The chiefest Things which this Man minds, is the Story; and if that is lively represented, if the Figures do not laugh when they should weep, or weep when they should appear pleased, he is satisfied: And this, perhaps, equally well, if the Piece be drawn by Raphael, as by an ordinary Master, who is just able to make Things look like Life. So likewise in Musick; He that hears a numerous Song, set to a very moving Tune, exquisitely sung to a sweet Instrument, will find his Passions raised, whilst his Understanding, possibly, may have little or no Share in the Business. He scarce knows, perhaps, the Names of the Notes, and so can be affected only with an Harmony, of which he can render no Account. To this Man, what is intricate, appears confused; and therefore he can make no Judgment of the true Excellency of those Things, which seem fiddling to him only, for want of Skill in Musick. Whereas on the contrary, the Skill or