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picking in (as it is termed) the frize, or the 

 ornaments of a ceiling, he carefully and 

 evenly lays on his white, his green, or his 

 red, and takes care that all the lines and 

 the passages from one colour to another 

 shall be distinctly seen, and never mixed 

 and blended with each other as in land- 

 scape-painting. So far the two profess- 

 ors exactly resemble each other. The 

 great difference between them is, that the 

 former never proposed any of their works 

 as landscapes ; whereas the latter, with al- 

 most as little pretension, have proposed 

 theirs, not merely as landscapes, but as 

 landscapes of a more refined and exquisite 

 kind, than those which nature, or the best 

 of her imitators had produced. 



It may be objected to the style I have 

 recommended, that from the awkward at- 

 tempts at picturesque effect, such fantastic 

 works would often be produced as might 

 force us to regret even the present mo- 

 notony. I have no doubt that very di- 

 verting performances in roots, stones, and 

 rock-work would be produced, and that 



