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Brown's manner, yet the unprejudiced 

 eye will discover innumerable beauties 

 in the works of that ^reat self-taus^ht 

 master: and since you have so judiciously 

 marked the distinction betwixt the beau- 

 tiful and the picturesque, they will per- 

 haps discover, that, where the habitation 

 and convenience of man can be improved 

 hy beauty, " picturesqueness" may he trans- 

 ferred to the ragged gipsy, with whom 

 " the wild ass, the Pomeranian dog, and 

 shaggy goat," are more in harmony, than 

 " the sleek-coated horse," or the dappled 

 deer. The continual moving and lively 

 agitation observable in herds of deer, is 

 one of the circumstances which painting 

 cannot represent; but it is not less an 

 object of beauty and cheerfulness in park 

 scenery. 



It is the misfortune of every liberal 

 art to find among its professors some men 

 of uncouth manners; and since my pro- 

 fession has more frequently been prac- 

 tised by persons of no education, it is 

 the more difficult to give it that rank 

 umongst the polite arts, which I conceive 



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