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real view : it is seen in the same manner 

 between trees ; and the river, the bridge, 

 the distant buildings, and hills, are nearly 

 in a similar situation. I have great plea- 

 sure in seeing the same soft lights, the 

 same general glow which we admired in 

 the real landscape, represented with such 

 skill, that, now the true splendour of the 

 sun is no longer before us, the picture 

 seems nature itself. This, I imagine, must 

 be the painter you alluded to, when I 

 asked you whether such views were ever 

 painted : what a picture would this be to 

 have in one's sitting-room ! to have always 

 before one such an image of fine weather, 

 such a happy mixture of warmth and 

 freshness! a scene where one imagines that 

 every other sense must be charmed, as 

 well as that of seeing ! Indeed, Howard, 

 this tends very much to confirm what you 

 have been saying ; for, as all the objects 

 here are really charming, they have no 

 need of being separated from what might 

 affect the other senses, by the artist's imi- 

 tation : I am very sure at least that it is 



