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Remarks on the general, and on the confined, fen ft* of the 

 term beautiful - -- -- -- - 151 



Illuftrated by that of virtue 153 



A piCturefque fcene without any mixture of the beautiful - 157 

 Contrafted with a beautiful fcene, unmixed with any thing 

 piCturefque - - - - - - -158 



EffeCt of the different characters of light and fhadow on 

 thefe two fcenes ------- 161 



Effe<5t of mixing the characters of the two fcenes — effeCt of 



Mr. Brown's ftyle of improvement on both - - 162 



In what points the defign of the Effay on the PiCturefque 

 has been misconceived - - - - - - 163 



On gravel walks and paths - - - - - - 165 



The effeCt of diftinCt cutting lines, illuftrated by a remark of 



A. Caracci, on Raphael and Correggio - - - 166 

 Gravel walks accord more with beautiful, than with pictu- 

 re fque fcenes - - - - - - - -167 



On b*y-roads in a dry foil, as objects of imitation at fome 

 diftances from the houfe ------ 170 



On the different effeds of the fcythe, and of the bite of flieep 171 

 How banks in pleafure-grounds might be made to have the 

 play of wild, and the polifh of dreffed nature. On diftinCt 

 lines, when applied to the banks of water - - -172 

 EffeCt of diftinCtnefs in the lines of gravel walks, and in the 

 banks of water, confidered - - - - - 173 



The piCturefque and the beautiful as feparate as their re- 

 fpeCtive qualities — but the art of improving depends not 

 on their conftant feparation, but on their proper mixture — 

 ftill more on the higher principles of union, connection, &c. 1 74 

 Controverfy compared with the ancient tournaments - 176 

 The effeCts of connection in a more important fphere - 177 

 Note on Mr. Mason's expreffion of Sylvan grace - - 179 



