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part a character of expansion ; dead levels he breaks by 

 picturesque interruptions ; he works not alone for the eye, 

 but excites the fancy by stolen glimpses which hint at 

 some concealed charm. He collects the wandering rills, 

 and opens a mirrowed under-sky to brighten the too uni- 

 form green ; he arranges his trees with regard to their 

 forms and tints, to the lights they catch and the shadows 

 they cast, until they stand as far in beauty above the un- 

 cultured woods, as the pediment groups of Grecian tem- 

 ples are above a group of ordinary men. He sees, like the 

 sculptor, the suggestions of Nature, and pilfers the graces 

 of a hundred forms, to blend them harmoniously in one 

 ideal. Should not this * Earth Sculpture ' have its place 

 among the Fine Arts ? " 



