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are much less grand and imposing than those 

 of a more firm and unbroken kind. 



Rocks of slate and shivering stone, which 

 instead of being disposed in large masses, 

 are parted into thin layers, however lofty 

 they may be, however their summits maybe 

 broken and varied, have comparatively a 

 poor effect, from the want of solidity and 

 massiveness. Such .rocks, are like castles 

 and towers builtof rubbish and smallstones, 

 kept together by the cement only; and like 

 them at a distance, and under the influence 

 of twilight, or of a misty atmosphere, assume 

 a grandeur, which from the same cause they 

 lose on a nearer approach. 



Lastly, there are high uniform banks of 

 red earth, without any hollows or projec- 

 tions ; to which unhappily the greater part 

 of the houses in this kingdom bear but too 

 close a resemblance. 



From the analogy between the general 

 effects of rocks and of buildings, I am led 

 to believe, that though many small divisions 

 diminish grandeur, yet that certain marked 



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