Chap. II. The Conclufion. 335> 



" eife to gratifie her 5 but in the wide 

 *^ Fields of Nature, the Sight wanders up 

 ** and down without Confinement, and is 

 *^ fed with an infinite variety of Images, 

 ** without any certain Stint or Number. For 

 f * this Reafon we always find the Poet. in Iovq 

 ** with a Country Life, where Nature ap- 

 ** pears in the greateft Perfedion, and fur- 

 " nilhes out all thofe Scenes that are moft 

 " apt to delight the Imagination. 



Scnptorim chorus omnis amat nemus &f2igit 

 Urbes, 



Hor. 



Hie fecura qideSy & nefcia fallere vita^ 

 Dives opiim vananm 5 hic latis otiafundis^ 

 SpebmcA^ vivique laci0, hicfrigida Tempe^ 

 Mugitufque boum^ mollefque fub arbor e fomni. 



Virg. 



" But tho' there are feveral ofthefewiid 

 " Scenes, that are more delightful than any 

 " artificial Shows 5 yet we find the Works 

 *' of Nature ftill more pleafant, the more 

 '' they refemble thofe of Art : For in this 

 *' cafe, our Pleafure rifes from a double Prin- 

 ciple^ from the Agreeablenefs of the Ob- 

 jeft to the Eye, and from their Similitude 

 to other Objefts : We are pleafed as well 

 with comparing their Beauties as with 

 furveying them, and can reprefent them 

 to our Minds, either as Copies or 

 Z 2 " Origi-. 



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