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improvement; for there is fo great a plea- 

 fure arifing from fine verdure, from neat- 

 nefs, from the marks of habitation, of eafe, 

 and opulence, that rather than fee this 

 beautiful kingdom one huge, though pio 

 turefque, foreft, I fhould almoft hefitate 

 (had I the choice) whether I might not 

 even prefer its being finifhed by Mr. Brown ; 

 and that, for a lover of pi6tures, and whofe 

 palate, as you afterwards obferve, requires 

 a degree of irritation, is going a great 

 length.* 



It feems to me that your principal aim 

 through the whole of this Letter, is to 



* An anecdote I heard fome years ago of Mr. Quin, and 

 which I believe is not fo much hackneyed as many others, 

 feems to me not inapplicable. When grown old, and quite 

 broken down, he one day crawled out to fun himfelf on the 

 South Parade. A conceited young fellow ikipping up to him, 

 cried out, " Mr. Quin ! I am forry to fee you look fo old and 

 infirm; now what would you give to be as young, and as aclive, 

 and as full of fpirits as I am ! " Quin looked at him very fternly ; 

 "Young man," faid he, "I would bid very high indeed — I 

 think I could be content to be as foolifh." 



fliew, 



