The same occurrence happened to PIETRO PERUGINO, the master of Raphael, whose general character as a painter was so entirely eclipsed by his far-renowned scholar; yet, while his real excellences in the ease of his attitudes and the mild grace of his female countenances have been passed over, it is probable that Raphael himself might have caught from them his first feelings of ideal beauty.
[Footnote A: The plain motive of all these dislikes is still more amusing, as given in this couplet of the same poem:-- "If with such genius heaven has blest 'em, Have I not reason to detest 'em."-- ED.] [Footnote B: See article on Pope and Addison in "Quarrels of Authors." ].