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delight; in a word, from its beauty:* but 

 let it be viewed under the influence of a 

 warm fetting fun, or the mild glow of twi- 

 light, and then each fcene will have the 

 accompaniment that moll fuits, and heigh- 

 tens its character. 



Having thus feparated the two charac- 

 ters, try what would be the effecl of unit- 

 ing them. Smooth part of the banks in the 

 rough fcene — mix luxuriant trees, flowering 

 plants, and frefh foliage with the gnarled 

 and half decaying oaks — add ftill-water 

 and reflexions to the noify torrent — and 

 you will feel how beauty will advance, as 

 piclurefquenefs retires. Again, break the 

 banks in the other fcene, and make thofe 

 breaks more vifibly abrupt — place fome of 

 the rough oaks, among the fmoother and 

 frefher trees — take away the Ihrubs — and 

 let the water dafh among rude ftones — and 



* Effay on the Pichirefque, chap. G. part 1. 



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