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seat, the tree, the walk, or the spot 

 endeared by the remembrance of past 

 events : objects of this kind, however 

 trifling in themselves, are often preferred 

 to the most beautiful scenes that paint- 

 ing can represent, or gardening create : 

 such partialities should be respected and 

 indulged, since true taste, which is ge- 

 nerally attended by great sensibility, 

 ought to be the guardian of it in others. 



XIII. Grandeur. This is rarely pic- 

 turesque, whether it consist in greatness 

 of dimension, extent of prospect, or in 

 splendid and numerous objects of magni- 

 ficence ; but it is a source of pleasure 

 mixed with the sublime: there is, how- 

 ever, no error so common as an attempt 

 to substitute extent for beauty in park 

 scenery, which proves the partiality of 

 the human mind to admire whatever is 

 vast or great. 



XIV. Appropriation. A word ridi- 

 culed by Mr. Price as lately coined by 

 me, to describe extent of property; yet 

 the appearance and display of such ex- 

 tent is a source of pleasure not to be 



