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«je much less grand and imposing than those 

 of a more firm and unbroken kind. 



Rocks of slate and shivering stone, which 

 instead of being disposed in large masses, 

 arc parted into thin layers, however lofty 

 they may be, however their summits may be 

 broken and varied, have comparatively a 

 poor effect, from the want of solidity and 

 massiveness. Such rocks, are like castles 

 and towers builtofrubbish and small stones, 

 kept together by the cement only; and like 

 them at a distance, and under the influence 

 of twih'ght, or of a misty atmosphere, assume 

 a grandeur, which from the same cause they 

 lose on a nearer approach. 



Lastly, there are high uniform banks of 

 red earth, without any hollows or projec- 

 tions ; to which unhappily the greater part 

 of the houses in this kingdom bear but too 

 rlose a resemblance. 



From the analogy between the general 



effects of rocks and of buildings, I am led 



iobeheve,that though many small divisions 



diminish grandeut, yet that certain marked 



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