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idea, which fills the imagination. The grandeil 

 idea of this kind, is that of the ocean j the 

 greatnefs of which confifts in it's being a 

 continued flat. But the ocean prefents gran- 

 deur, without beauty. In a view of this 

 kind at land, the idea of beauty is, more or 

 lefs, imprefTed by the character of the fcenery 

 around it. I remember being exceedingly 

 ftruck with the grandeur of an immenfe 

 fcene of this kind, on the borders of Scotland, 

 called Broiigb-mar/b* . It is infinitely larger 

 indeed than this, and is invironed, not with 

 woods, which would lofe their effect round 

 fo vaft an area ; but with mountains. Romney- 

 marjh in Kent, is a fcene alfo of the fame kind j 

 but it's area is cut in pieces, and deformed by 

 parallel lines, hedges, and canals. On the 

 land-fide indeed it is well bounded : but towards 

 the fea it boafts little. Wherever the fea ap- 

 pears in conjunction with a level furface, the 

 effect is bad : it joins one flat to another, and 

 produces confufion. 



The extenfive foreft-lawn, which gave oc- 

 cafion to thefe remarks, is known by the name 



* See observations on the lakes of Cumberland, &c. vol. II. 

 page 109. 



