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gested : but in regard to the view before 

 us, it happens that those breaks in the 

 foreground, those separations of the dist- 

 ance by means of trees that rise above the 

 horizon, and all those circumstances of 

 composition, which are more peculiarly 

 attended to by the painter, are here in a 

 great degree, united with those general 

 and popular beauties, that delight all man- 

 kind." 



" You, therefore," said Mr. Seymour, 

 " would call this scene indifferently either 

 beautiful, or picturesque ?" " Certainly," 

 answered Mr. Howard? — "And you?" 

 addressing himself to Mr. Hamilton. 



" I," said he, " if I were to speak of its 

 general character, should call it beautiful, 

 and not picturesque ; because those cir- 

 cumstances which all mankind acknow- 

 ledge to be beautiful, infinitely prevail. 

 For the same reason, I should call the lane 

 which we have just passed, picturesque ; 

 and that it does not suit the general taste, 

 you have given a strong proof, who seem 

 by no means insensible to another style of 



