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It is difficult to define good taste in 

 any of the polite arts; and amongft the 

 refpe&ive profeflbrs of them, I am forry 

 to obferve that it is feldom allowed in a 

 rival ; while thofe who are not profeflbrs, 

 but, being free from the bufinefs or difli- 

 pation of life, have found leifure to excel 

 in any one of thefe arts, generally find 

 time alfo to cultivate the others ; and be- 

 caufe there really does exift fome affinity 

 betwixt them, they are apt to fuppofe it 

 ftill greater* 



During the pleafant hours we pafled to- 

 gether amidft the romantic fcenery of the 

 Wye, I do remember my acknowledging 

 that an enthufiafm for the picTurefque, had 



* Thus Mufic and Poetry are often coupled together, although 

 very few inltances occur in which they are made to aflimilate; 

 becaufe the melody of an air is feldom adapted either to the 

 rhyme or meafure of the verfe. In like manner, Poetry and 

 Painting aw often joined; but the canvas rarely embodies thofe 

 figurative perfonages to advantage, which the poet's enthufiafm 

 prefents to the reader's imagination. 



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