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the ivork, rf h bas any, arc owhig to the indefatlgable 

 indujîry of Mr, Vcrtuey in amaJJÎJig ail pojjibk materials. 

 As my tajk is Jinified, it willy I hope, at leajî excite others 

 to colkB and prcfewe notices and anecdotes for fome future 

 continuator, 'The ara promifes to furnijîj a nobler harvefi, 

 Our exhibitions, and the inftitution of a royal academy, 

 excite émulation in the artijîs, difufe their réputation, and 

 recofnmend them to employment. The public examines and 

 reafons on their works, and fpeSîators by degrees become 

 judges. Nor are perfons of the firji rank mère patrons. 

 Lord Nuneham's etchings are fuperior in boldnefs and free- 

 dom of Jiroke to any thing we hâve feen from ejîablifhed 

 artijh. Gardening and architeSlure owe as jnuch to the 

 nobility and to men of fortune as to the profej/ors, I need 

 but name gênerai Conways rufic bridge at Park-place, qf 

 which every Jîone was placed by his own diredîion in one 

 of the mojl beautiful fcenes in nature, and the tbeatric 

 Jîaircafe defigned and jufl ere^îed by Mr. Chute at his feat 

 of the Fine in Hampjlnre. If a model is fought of the 

 mojî perfedl tajîe in architeëîure, where grâce foftens dignity, 



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