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kind of neat, simple, and elegant effects, or 

 non-descript beauties, which have not yet 

 been named or classed. (See Letter to 

 Mr. Price, p. 9.) " A beautiful garden 

 " scene, 3 ' he says, " is not more defective 

 16 because it would not look well on canvas, 

 " than a didactic poem, because it neither 

 "furnishes a subject for the painter or the 

 " musician" (Ibid. p. 5 and 6.) Certainly 

 not : — for such a poem must be void of 

 imagery and melody ; and, therefore, more 

 exactly resembling one of this professor's 

 improved places than he probably] ima- 

 gined when he made the comparison. It 

 may, indeed, have all the neatness, simpli- 

 city, and elegance of English gardening 

 (ibid. p. 9.) ; but it will also have its va- 

 pid and tiresome insipidity ; and, however 

 it may be esteemed by a professor or a 

 critic, who judge every thing by rule and 

 measure, will make no impression on the 

 generality'of readers, whose taste is guided 

 by their feelings. 



I cannot, however, but think that the 

 distinction, of which this ingenious profes- 



