Quttlifuaticns cfa gocclDe/igner. 3 



Breeze of Air, and the natural tho\ jurif 

 polifht drefs of a beautiful Field, f awn, of 

 Meadow,' (a little trimrr/d, and the exorbitant 

 Luxury of their Branches retrcncht, cut off 

 and redrefs'd -j and when their even clear! 

 Walks of Gravel, S.md, or any other mate- 

 rial For -Walks fpread over) are much more 

 entertaining than the utmoft esaftitude of the 

 moft finiftit Partrre, and the curioufcft Inter- 

 lacings of Box Work and Embroidery. 



Thus the ingenuous Author of the Spe- 

 ftator, in Order to illufrrate and paint the 

 Beauty of Nature ^ beyond thofe of Art^ 

 argues, that nothing but a Kind of Immenfity 

 can give a real Satisfaftion to the Imagina- 

 tion. Onr Imagintition (fiys he, Speftator 

 IV. Vol VI.) loves to bejiird wHh an ObjeCf^ 

 or to grafp at any thing that is too big for it^ 

 Capacity : Ife are flung into a ^Uafing Alioniflo* 

 pientdtfuch unbounded Vrews^ and feel a delight-' 

 fnl Stillnefs and Amazement in the Soul in the 

 Apprehenfon of them. The Mind of Man natu- 

 rally hates every thing that looks li^e Rejhaint 

 vpon ity and is aft to fancy itfelfmider a fort ol 

 Confinement^ whe?i the Sight is pent up in a nar^ 

 row Compafs^ a^id Jhortned on every fide by thet 

 Neighbour 'hood of Mountains 5 on the co7itrary 

 ajpacious Horizon is an Imag^e of Liberty^ where 

 the Eye has Room to expatiate at large on the 

 Immenfity of its Views^ and to loofe itfelf amidji 

 the variety of Objects that cfer themfelves to its 

 Obfervation ; fuch wide a?td midetsrmind Proh 

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