l88 MEMOIRS OF 



elegant gaiety of his comic papers in the 

 Spectator, remains unrivalled. 



It has been already obferved in the courfe 

 of this tract, that Dr. Darwin's mufe ranges 

 through nature and art, through hiftory, 

 fable, and recent anecdote, to vary, infpirit> 

 and adorn this her luxuriant work. If fhe 

 imperfonizes' too lavifhly ; if devoted to 

 picture, fhe covers every inch of the walls 

 of her manfion with landfcapes, allegoric 

 groups, and with fmgle figures ; if no in- 

 fterfticial fpace is left to increafe the effect 

 of thefe fplendid forms of the imagination ; 

 yet be it remembered, that it is always in 

 the reader's power to draw each picture 

 from the mafs, and to infulate it by his 

 attention. It will recompenfe by its gran- 

 deur, its beauty, or its terrific grace, the 

 pains he may take to view it in every light, 

 ere he proceeds to examine other objects 

 in the work, which he will find of equal 

 force and fkill in their formation. 



Dr. 



