Qualificcttions of a good defigfier. 7 



ought to have a general idea of every thingy 

 that is Noble and StaHiy in tke ProdaSions of. 

 Art^ whether it appear in paif:ti27g or Statuary^ in 

 the great Works of Architedare^ rvhich are in their 

 pefent Glory ^ or in the Ruins of thoje n-hich 

 flonrijiHin former Age\ For as the aforemen.'- 

 don'd ingenuous Ajithor argues in a parallel 

 Gale, fuch ^advantages as thefe lies open a 

 Man's Thoughts^ atfd enlarges his Imagination^ 

 md as it hast an Influence on a Poets nritings Jo 

 7t mil hatje a great one on his Dcfigns '^ and to 

 funfre our parallel among thofe o] the learned- 

 Languages^ who excel in this Talent the mojf 

 ferfeB in thei^ fever al Kinds ^ are perhaps E.O- 

 pier^ Virgil, and Ovid. From thefe three and 

 from fome others ofour own Time, and Coun- 

 try ^ the ingenuous Defigner as well as Poet, 

 may colled noble Thoughts , and Ideas of 

 things, from the frft what is Great, from tkcfe- 

 cond what is Beant'ifnl^ and from the laji vphat is 

 Strange. Tis true as to Gardening, the 

 thoughts of H^^/er are not fo magnificent as 

 they are in other extenfive Parrs of Nature, the 

 Gardens of Alcinous are limited to a fniall Ex- 

 tent within, and no mention made of any con- 

 tiguous Villa^ or other Beautiful adjunft ; but 

 if we wander through the whole we find i a 

 other Parts of his Writings, fomething thipen- 

 dioufly Great : Such are huge Forejls mifhapen 

 Roc/<s and Precipices ; thefe a Defigner, if 

 poffible, ought always todraw into his View, 

 and at the extent of his Defign, nothing will 



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