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pleafing among the pleafing ones ; and that 

 which Titian chofe, the moft linking among 

 the fublime. In facl:, the fame diftance, the 

 grandeur of whole boundary, whofe aerial 

 perfpeclive, whofe gradual diminution of 

 tints we fo much admire in a profpe&, forms 

 a very principal part of many of Titian's, 

 Claude's, and other painters' landfcapes ; 

 they only frame and accompany it. 



There is, however, an obvious reafon why 

 mere profpects, however exquifitely painted, 

 cannot have the effe6l of thofe in nature. 

 They are not real, and therefore do not excite 

 the curiofity which reality does, both as to 

 the particular fpots, and the circumftances 

 attending them : as to the real geography of 

 what is really fpread out before us, and the 

 many doubts, enquiries, and obfervations it 

 fuggefts to the curious traveller, and alfo to 

 the painter in his own line ; who from fuch 

 eminences can belt remark, what diftricls 

 promife the moft interefting fcenery. Thefe 

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