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Beautiful, observes, that habit will make 

 a man prefer the taste of tobacco to that 

 of sugar; yet the world will never be 

 brought to say that sugar is not sweet. 

 In like manner both Mr. Knight and 

 you are in the habits of admiring fine 

 pictures, and both live amidst bold and 

 picturesque scenery: this may have ren- 

 dered you insensible to the beauty of 

 those milder scenes that have charms for 

 common observers. I will not arraign 

 your taste, or call it vitiated, but your 

 palate certainly requires a degree of " ir- 

 ritation" rarely to be expected in garden 

 scenery; and, I trust, the good sense and 

 good taste of this country will never be 

 led to despise the comfort of a gravel- 

 walk, the delicious fragrance of a shrub- 

 bery, the soul expanding delight of a 

 wide extended prospect, or the grandeur 

 of a view down a steep hill, because they 

 are all subjects incapable of being painted. 

 Notwithstanding the occasional aspe- 

 rity of your remarks on my opinions, and 

 the unprovoked sally of Mr. Knight's wit, 

 I esteem it a very pleasant circumstance 



