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tions of black and white, or by fiery reds. 

 I am therefore so far from laughing at Mr. 

 Locke's blind man for likening scarlet to 

 the sound of a trumpet, that I think he 

 had great reason to pride himself on the 

 discovery. 



It might well be supposed, that the 

 natural colour of brick was sufficiently 

 stimulating ; but I have seen brick houses 

 painted of so much more flaming a red, 

 that according to Mr. Brown's expression, 

 they put the whole vale in a fever. White, 

 though glaring, has not that hot sultry 

 appearance ; and there is such a look of 

 neatness and gaiety in it, that we cannot 

 be surprised, if, where lime is cheap, only 

 one idea should prevail — that of making 

 every thing as white as possible. Wherever 

 this is the case, the whole landscape is full 

 of little spots, which can only be made 

 pleasing to a painter's eye, by their being 

 almost buried in trees : but where a coun- 

 try is without natural wood, and is im- 

 proved by dint of white-wash and clumps 

 of firs, a painter, were, he confined there, 



