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fmall clumps, ejpectally in the elbows of ferpentîne river s : 

 how common to fee three or four beeches, then as many 

 larchest a third knot of cyprejjest ajid a révolution of ail 

 three! Kent* s lajl defgns were in a higher Jîyle, as bis 

 ideas opened on fuccefs, The north terras at Claremont 

 was much fuperior to the rejî of the garden* 



A return of fome partîcular thoughts was common to him 

 with other painters, and made his hand hiown. A fmall 

 lake edged by a winding haiik with fcattered trees that led 

 to a feat at the head of the pond, was common to Clare^ 

 mont, EJher, and others of his defgns. At EJher, 



Where Kent and nature vied for Pelham's love, 

 the profpedîs more than aided the painters genius. — They 

 marked out the points where his art was necejjary or not i 

 but thence left his judgment in pojfejjion of ail its glory. 



Having routed profefled art, for the modem gardiner 



exerts his talents to conceal his art, Kent, like other re^ 



formers, knew not how to Jiop at the jujî limits, He had 



followed nature, and imitated her fo happily, that he began 



to think ail her works were equally proper for imitation. 



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