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great point gained : the propriety or pof- 

 fibility of reducing them to practice may 

 be an object of future, and, I truft, of 

 amicable difcuflion. The trial as yet has 

 never fairly been made; if it mould be, 

 I am perfuaded it will be found, that the 

 affinity between the principles of painting 

 and of improving is much clofer than you 

 feem willing to allow; and that the ap- 

 plication of thofe principles, particularly 

 with refpecl to water, will produce varie- 

 ties and effects, which will fhame the cold 

 monotony of Mr. Brown's works. 



The " new fyftem of improvement" you 

 have taken the trouble of forming for me, 

 together with the farcaftic title you have 

 given it, accord but ill with the approba- 

 tion you had juft before befTowed, and that 

 in fo flattering a manner, on my general 

 principles. As little does the conlequence 

 of that fyftem accord with my ideas of 



improve-- 



