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deprive the general and extended scenery 

 of their places, of all that those painters 

 would have most admired and copied. 



The great object of our present inquiry 

 seems to be, what is that mode of study 

 which will best enable a man of a liberal 

 and intelligent mind, to judge of the forms, 

 colours, effects, and combinations of visible 

 objects : to judge of them either as single 

 compositions, which may be considered by 

 themselves without reference to what sur- 

 rounds them ; or else as parts of scenery, 

 the arrangement of which must be more 

 or less regulated and restrained by what 

 joins them, and the connection of which 

 with the general scenery must be constantly 

 attended to. Such knowledge and judg- 

 ment comprehend the whole science of 

 improvement with regard to its effect on 

 the eye ; and I believe can never be per- 

 fectly acquired, unless to the study of 

 natural scenery, and of the various styles 

 of gardening at different periods, the 

 improver adds the theory at least of that 

 art, the very essence of which is connect 



