vj6 Dr. Falconer on the Influence of the Scenery 
pie, exemplified in fome of their works of art, 
particularly the patterns of their manufactures. 
The diverfified beauty of the vegetables, that 
cover the ground in thofe countries, could 
fdarcely fail to fuggeft ideas, far fuperior to 
what could be imagined by thofe, who never had 
any opportunity of feeing fuch delicate produc¬ 
tions. 
The mod admired paffages in the eaftern wri¬ 
tings, efpecially the poetical, owe much of their 
power and effedt, to the painting of the natural 
beauties of the country and climate. A late 
writer,* of no inconfiderable tafte, as well as talent 
for obfervation, has remarked of the Spaniards, 
that the fimilies ufed by them, are univerfally 
taken from the beautiful objedts of nature con¬ 
tinually before their eyes. “ The fragrance of 
the rofe, the odour of the orange, the perfume 
of the myrtle, the murmuring of the cave in¬ 
viting to fiumber, the height of the mountains, 
the fteepnefs of the rocks, the fplendour of the 
rifing fun, the coolnefs of the evening breeze, 
and the brilliancy of the ftars by night, afford 
them endlefs allegories.” Even Homer himfelf, 
that great mafter of our paffions, is not a little 
indebted to his familiar acquaintance with the 
fcenery of a beautiful country, for the ravilhing 
* Carter’s Travels from Gibraltar to Malaga. 
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