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vol.1 p.91
whose radiance. like varnish on a picture, (if I may use a
degrading comparison,) brings out a thousand objects
unobserved before.
To these more permanent effects of illumination may be added
another species, which arises from accident - I mean those
partial, flitting shades, which are occasioned by floating
clouds. These may sometimes produce a good effect; but they
contribute as often to disturb the repose of a landscape. To
painters however they are of great use, who are frequently
obliged, but an untoward subject, to take advantage of every
probability to produce an effect.
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