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 Rh But I hope that none of my designs will be destitute of infinite particulars which will present themselves to the contemplator. And though I call them mine, I know that they are not mine, being of the same opinion with Milton when he says that the Muse visits his slumbers and awakes and governs his song when morn purples the east, and being also in the predicament of that prophet who says: "I cannot go beyond the command of the Lord, to speak good or bad."

If you approve of my manner, and it is agreeable to you, I would rather paint pictures in oil of the same dimensions than make drawings, and on the same terms. By this means you will have a number of cabinet pictures, which I flatter myself