-274 Dr. Falconer on the Influence of the Scenery 
Cicero, in his Letters to Atticus,* fpeaks of 
the pleafures of a garden, as the belt remedy for 
grief and concern of mind •, and in one of his 
philofophical dialogues, f he recommends atten¬ 
tion to the natural beauties of a fine and culti¬ 
vated country, as the proper ftudy of the calm 
and ferene period of old age. 
* Deinde etiam ad x* rufiios-iv msftitiamque medendam 
nihil mihi reperiri poteft aerius. 
Cic. Epift. ad Attic. L. XIII. 
f Quid de pratorum viriditate, aut arborum ordinibus, 
aut vinearum olivetorumque fpecie, dicam ? Brevi pre- 
cidam. Agro bene culto nil poteft efle, nec ufu uberius, 
nec fpecie ornatius, ad quem fruendum non modo non 
retardat, verum etiam invitat atque alledlat Senettus. 
Cicero, de Seneift. §. LIII. 
Vobis mehercule Martis viris cavenda et fugienda im¬ 
primis amoenitas eft Afiae, tantum hae peregrins voluptates 
ad extinguendum vigorem animorum poflunt. 
Livii, L. XXVII; 
Loca amoena voluptaria facile in otio feroces militum 
animos molliverant. 
Sallujl. Bell. Catilin. 
Itaque ut frugum femina mutato foie degenerant, lie ilia 
genuina feritas eorum Afiatica amoenitate mollita eft. 
Flor. L. II. C. i x. 
Effeminat animos amsnitas nimia, nec dubie aliquid ad 
corrumpendum vigorem poteft regio. Fortior miles ex con- 
fragofo venit. 
Seneca. Epift. L. I. Ep. 51. 
N. B. The word amoenus is applicable to what is pleafant 
or agreeable to the eye, in place or fituation, and, of courfe, 
fefers to the feenery or face of the country. 
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