340 The Conclufion. Chap. 12. 



" Originals. Hence it is that we take de- 

 " light in a Profped which is well laid out, 

 " and diverfify'd with Fields and Meadows, 

 " Woods and Rivers 5 in thofe accidental 

 " Landskips of Trees, Clouds, and Cities, 

 " that are fometimes found in the Veins of 

 " Marble ^ in the curious Frct-work of 

 '' Rocks and Grotto's 5 and, in a word, in 

 " any thing that hath fuch a Variety or Re- 

 " gularity as may feem the Effed ofDefigri, 

 " in what we call the Works of Chance. 



" If the Produdsof Nature rife in Value, 

 " according as they more or lefs refemble 

 " thofe of Art, we may be fure that Artifi- 

 *' cial Works receive a greater Advantage 

 '^ from their Rcfemblance of fuch as are Na- 

 ^' tural ^ becaufe here the Similitude is not 

 *Vonly pleafant, but the Pattern more per- 

 " fed. The prettieft Landskip I ever faw, 

 *• was one drawn on the Walls of a dark 

 " Room, which flood oppofite on one fide 

 " to a navigable River, and on the other to 

 *' a Park. The Experiment is very common 

 *' in Opticks. Here you might difcover the 

 " Waves and Fl'uduations of the Water in 

 *' ftrong and proper Colours, with the Pi- 

 " dure of a Ship entring at one end, and 

 faihng by degrees thro' the whole Piece. 

 On another there appeared the green Sha- 

 dows of Trees, waving to and fro with 

 Wind, and Herds of Deer among them 

 in Rliniature, leaping about upon the 

 Wall. 1 mufl; corfefs, tlie Novelty of fuch 



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