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or distances, because the eye is never long 

 delighted, unless the imagination has some 

 share in its pleasure : an intricacy and en- 

 tanglement of parts heightens the satis- 

 faction. 



The landscape gardener may also di- 

 vide his Scenery into three distinct dis- 

 tances, but very different from those of 

 the painter. The Jirst includes that part 

 of the scene which it is in his power to 

 improve; the second, that which it is not 

 in his power to prevent being injured; 

 and the third, that which it is not in the 

 power of himself, or any other, either to 

 injure or improve : of this last kind is the 

 distant line of the horizon in many views. 

 The part which the painter calls his mid- 

 dle distance is often that which the land- 

 scape gardener finds under the control of 

 others; and the foreground of the painter 

 can seldom be introduced into the com- 

 position of the gardener's landscape, from 

 the whole front of a house; because the 

 best landscapes of Claude will be found 

 to owe their beauty to that kind of fore- 

 ground which could only be applied to 



