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I believe there are many people who 

 imagine that dirt, rubbilh, and filth, are 

 eflential to the picturefque; and that a 

 true connoifleur can judge of objects of 

 that character by their fmell, as an anti- 

 quarian is fuppofed to know by the tafte, 

 whether a medal has the true ancient 

 aerugo- It mull be allowed, that filthy 

 objects are often picturefque, but not be- 

 caufe they are filthy; on the contrary, 

 fuch ideas always muff take off* from plea- 

 fure of any kind. All dirt, mud, and 

 filth, as fuch, are fimply ugly ;* fo is mere 

 rubbifli : thiftles and docks may have a 

 rich effect in the fore-ground of a wild 

 fcene, but ground covered with docks, 

 thiflles, or nettles, is merely ugly; fo is 

 ground that has been difturbed and thrown 

 about, though time and vegetation may 

 add picturefque circumftances to uglinefs 



* Effay on the Picturefque, page 211. 



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