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ANALYSIS of BEAUTY,                             15 
Fittfs of parts alfo conflitutes and diffinguifhes in a 
great meafure the chara&eriftics of obje&s ; as for ex- 
ample, the race-horfe differs as much in quality, or cha- 
rader, from the war-horfe, as to its figure, as the Her- 
cules from the Mercury. 
The race-horfe, having all its parts of fuch dimen- 
fions as bef fit the purpofes of fpeed, acquires on that 
account a confiftent charater, of one. fort of beauty. 
To illuftrate this, fuppofe the beautiful head and grace- 
fully-turn'd neck of the war-horfe were placed on the 
fhoulders of the, race-horfe, inflead of his own aukward 
firaight one: it would difgufl, and deform, inftead of 
adding beauty; bcaufe the   judgment would condemn 
it as .unfit 
The Hercules, by Glicon t, hath all its parts finely t Fig. 3. 
fitted for, the purpofes of the utmofc fErength, the tex-  . 
ture of tlem human form. will bear. The back, breaft 
and fhoulders have huge hones, ar   mufles adqpate 
to th fuppofed adive ftrength of its upper parts; but 
as, lefs ftrength was required for the lower parts, the ju- 
dicious fculptor, contrary to al modern rule of enlarg- 
ing every part in proportion, leikn'd the fize of the  4- 
nmfcles gradually down towards the feet; and for the 
fame reafon made theteck larger in. circumfierence than 
any part of the head; otherwi   the figure would have     2 
been burdcin'd with an unneceflary weight,. which would 
have been a draw-back from his flrength, and in con- 
fequence of that, from its chara&eriflic beauty. 
Thefe