Every object that is pleasing to the eye when looked upon, or delightful to the mind on recollection, may be called beautiful; so that beauty, in general, may stretch as wide as the visible creation, or even as far the imagination can go; which is a sort of new or secondary creation. Thus we speak not only of the beauties of an engaging prospect, of the rising or setting sun, or of a fine starry heaven; but of those of a picture, statue, or building; and even of the actions, characters, or thoughts of men. In the greater part of these, there may be almost as many false beauties, as there are real; according to the different tastes of nations, and men; so that if any one was to consider beauty in its fullest extent, it could not be done without the greatest confusion. I shall therefore confine my subject to visible beauty.