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more ftiffly levelled, and has not the fame 

 undulation, or (to borrow an expreffion 

 from Mr. Burke) " that change of furface, 

 " continual yet hardly perceptible at any 

 tc point, which forms one of the great con- 

 " ftituents of beauty." Inftead of thofe 

 tufts, thickets, and groups, whofe playful 

 outline and difpofition create that beauti- 

 ful intricacy which leads the eye a kind 

 of wanton chace, his are clumps regu- 

 larly dug, and confequently with a hard 

 outline. Inftead of that varied furface, 

 where the mixture of broken tints gives 

 fuch value to the more uniform green, and 

 fuch delight to the painter's eye — the un- 

 varied colour and furface of dug ground, 

 abruptly fucceed to the no lefs unvaried 

 furface and colour of mowed grafs. Inftead 

 of the eafy bends of a path, there are the 

 regular and confequently more formal and 

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