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separation: I think, however, we may 

 conclude, that where an object, or a set of 

 objects are without smoothness or grand- 

 eur, but from their intricacy, their sudden 

 and irregular deviations, their variety of 

 forms, tints, and lights and shadows, are 

 interesting to a cultivated eye, they are sim- 

 ply picturesque. Such, for instance, are 

 the rough banks that often inclose a bye- 

 road, or a hollow lane : imagine the size of 

 these banks, and the space between them 

 to be increased, till the lane, becomes a 

 deep dell; the coves, large caverns; the 

 peeping stones, hanging rocks, so that the 

 whole may impress an idea of awe and gran- 

 deur; — the sublime will then be mixed with 

 the picturesque, though the scale only, not 

 the style of the scenery would be changed. 

 On the other hand, if parts of the banks 

 were smooth and gently sloping: or if in 

 the middle space the turf were soft and 

 close-bitten; or if a gentle stream passed 

 between them, whose clear, unbroken sur- 

 face reflected all their varieties — the beau- 

 tiful and the picturesque, by means of that 



