nd perhaps some other perceptions, which may at
this early time of its existence have occasioned perpetual trains of
ideas. On its arrival into the world the perceptions of light and
sound must by their novelty at first dissever its usual trains of
ideas and occasion great surprise; which after a few repetitions will
cease to be disagreeable, and only excite the emotion from novelty,
which has not acquired a separate name, but is in reality a less
degree of surprise; and by further experience the sentiment of
novelty, or any degree of surprise, will cease to be excited by the
sounds or sights, which at first excited perhaps a painful quantity of
surprise.

It should here be observed, that as the pleasure of novelty is
produced by the exertion of our voluntary power in comparing uncommon
objects with those which are more usually exhibited; this sentiment of
novelty is less perceived by those who do not readily use the faculty
of volition, or who have little previous knowledge of nature, as by
very ignorant or very stupid people, or by brute animals; and that
therefore to be affected with this circumstance of the objects of
Taste requires some previous knowledge of-such kinds of objects, and
some degree of mental exertion.

Hence when a greater variety of objects than usual is presented to the
eye, or when some intricacy of forms, colours, or reciprocal locality
more than usual accompanies them, it is termed novelty if it only
excites the exertion of intuitive comparison with the usual order of
nature, and affects us with pleasurable sensation; but is termed
surprise, if it suddenly dissevers our accustomed habits of motion,
and is then more generally attended with disagreeable sensation. To
this circumstance attending objects of taste is to be referred what is
termed wild and irregular in landscapes, in contradistinction to the
repetition of parts or uniformity spoken of below. We may add, that
novelty of notes and tones in music, or of their combinations or
successions, are equally agreeable to the ear, as the novelty of forms
and colours, and of their combinations or successions are to the eye;
but that the greater quantity or degree of novelty, the sentiment of
which is generally termed Surprise, is more frequently excited by
unusual or unexpected sounds; which are liable to alarm us with fear,
as well as surprise us with novelty.

II. _Repetition of visible objects._

The repeated excitement of the same or sim