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dents is generally fpoiled to the painter's 

 eye ; for the prevailing tafte for clearing 

 either indifcriminately, or in diftinci 

 clumps and patches, deftroys their con- 

 nection, their playful variety, and intri- 

 cacy. Negle6t, therefore, as well as acci- 

 dent, is neceflary to furnifh thefe examples 

 of nature in her moft picturefque ftate; 

 that is (according to the common ufe of 

 the word) the ftate in which painters do, 

 and improvers ought to ftudy and imitate 

 her; but, in the latter cafe particularly, 

 with fuch modifications as the character 

 of the fcenery may require. Accident 

 and neglect are therefore two principal 

 caufes of thofe beauties (and they often 

 deferve that name in its ftricteft fenfe) 

 which painters, lovers of painting, and 

 many whofe natural judgment has not 

 been vitiated by falfe ideas of refinement, 

 admire : and whoever means to ftudy na- 

 ture, muft principally attend to the effects 



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