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pleafes him, the epithet which conveys the 

 higheft commendation. 



But fuppofe that, at the extremity of fuch 

 a fcene, he were to enter a glade, or a fmall 

 valley of the fofteft turf and flneft verdure ; 

 the ground on each fide fwelling gently into 

 knolls, with other glades and recelfes flealing 

 in between them ; the whole adorned with 

 trees of the fmootheft and tenderer!: bark, 

 and moll elegant forms, mixed with tufts 

 of various evergreens and flowering fhrubs : 

 all thefe growing as luxuriantly as in garden 

 mould, yet difpofed in as loofe and artlefs 

 groups as thofe in forefts ; whilft a natural 

 pathway led the eye amidft thefe intricacies, 

 and towards the other glades and receffes. 

 Suppofe a clear and gentle ft ream to flow 

 through this retirement, on a bed of the 

 pureft gravel or pebbles ; its bank fometimes 

 imooth and level, fometimes indented and 

 varied in height and form, and in parts even 



abrupt, 



