Chap. i2» TV^^ Coiiclufion. 341 



** a Sight may be one occafion of its Pleafant- 

 *' nefs to the Imagination 5 but certainly the 

 *' chief Reafon is, its near Refemblance to 

 *f; Nature, as it does not only, like other 

 " Piftures, give the Colour and Figure, but 

 " the Motion of the Things it reprefents, 



*' We have before obferv'd, that there is 



** generally in Nature fomething more Grand 



" and Auguft, than what we meet with in 



'f the Curiofities of Art. When therefore 



" we fee this imitated in any meafure, it 



**" gives us a nobler and more exalted kind 



" of Pleafure than what we receive from 



*^the nicer and more accurate Produdions 



^' of Art. On this account our EngliJJj 



^'Gardens are not fo entertaining to the 



^^^: Fancy, asthofe infr^7zc^and Italy, where 



^i we fee a large Extent of Ground covered 



^, over with an agreeable Mixture; of Garden 



^ and Foreft, which reprefent every-where 



T^ an artificial Rudenefs, much more charming 



^.V;than that Neatqefs and Elegancy which we 



If meet with<in thofe of our own Country. 



♦Mit might indeed be of ill Confequence to 



S' the Publick, as well as unprofitable to pri- 



^Vvate Perfons, to alienate fo much Ground 



*t'. from Pafturage and the Plough, in many 



f* Parts of a Country that is fo well Peopled, 



*^ and cultivated to a far greater Advantage. 



" But why may not a whole Eftate be thrown 



"^ into a kind of Garden, by frequent Planta- 



** tions, that may turn as much to the Profit 



i*^ as the Pleafure of the Owner > A Marfh 



Z 3 " over- 



