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brouijht over the taste of his country in 

 gaitieuing, may be said to have sown the 

 seeds of anoth^' revolution hardly less 

 celebrated. But the revolution in taste dif- 

 fered very essentially from that in politics, 

 and the difference between them bears a 

 most exact relation to the character of their 

 immediate authors. That in politics, was 

 the steady, considerate, and connected ar- 

 rangement of enlightened minds ; equally 

 free from blind prejudice for antiquity, and 

 rage for novelty ; neither fond of destroy- 

 ing old, nor of creating new systems. The 

 revolution in taste is stamped with the cha- 

 racter of all tliose, which either in religion 

 or politics have been carried into execution 

 by the lower, and less enlightened part of 

 mankind. Knox and Brown differ very 

 little in their manner of proceeding: no 

 remnant of old superstition, or old taste, 

 however rich and venerable, was suffered 

 to remain, and our churches and gar- 

 dens have been equally stripped of their 

 ornaments. 



I have now mentioned what appear to 

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