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the quality of smoothness, and consequently 

 of ease and repose to a person while he is 

 viewing it, just as it does when he aftei\ 

 wards sits or lies down upon it: on the other 

 hanpl a rough, abrupt, and stony bank, 

 with stumps and roots of trees mixed with 

 thorns and briars, would most certainly 

 present ideas of a very opposite kind, to a 

 man who had to make his way through 

 suc|i obstructions; and therefore would 

 probably suggest them, though less forcir 

 bly, when at other times he was merely 

 looking at it; especially if the rude brakes, 

 and the abruptnesses of the ground, were 

 contrasted, as is often the case, by openings 

 of smooth turf and gently swelling hil- 

 locks. All objects of a rugged and abrupt 

 kind are so contrary to the nature of re- 

 pose, that when a soft and pleasing calm 

 is the leading feature in any description, 

 the very supposition of such objects or 

 qualities being introduced, would disturb 

 the mind of the reader. Shakspeare has 

 most beautifully and poetically impressed 



