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Unity of 

 Design. 



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peats to be in the next field : indeed, so 

 totally are we unable to judge of light, 

 that a meteor within our atmosphere is 

 sometimes mistaken for a lantern ; at 

 others for a falling star. 



Water, like a mirror, reflecting the 

 light, becomes equally uncertain in its 

 real distance; and, therefore, an apparent 

 union of the two or more pools may often 

 be effected by attending to this circum- 

 stance. 



Unity of design in all compositions is 

 one of the first principles in poetry, paint- 

 ing, or music; and that it prevails also in 

 Landscape Gardening there is no stronger 

 proof than the following fact, viz. the 

 most superficial observer of park scenery 

 will be offended by the view of two sepa- 

 rate pieces of water; and will probably 

 ask, M'ithout considering the difference 

 of levels, why they are not united ? To 

 say it is impossible will neither satisfy 

 the mind nor the eye; but both may be 

 pleased by the help of deception, because 

 our pleasures are oftener excited by ap- 

 pearances than by realities. 



