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the satisfaction of finding many persons 

 high in the public estimation, of my senti- 

 ment ; and among them, some of the most 

 eminent artists, both professors and dilet- 

 tanti. On the other hand, I must allow, 

 that there are persons whose opinion carries 

 great weight with it, who in reality hold 

 the two words beautiful and picturesque, 

 to be synonymous, though they do not say 

 so in express terms : with those, however, I 

 do not mean to argue at present, though 

 well prepared for battle. Others there are, 

 who allow, indeed, that the words have a 

 different meaning, but deny that there is 

 any distinct character of the picturesque ; 

 to those, before I close this part of my es- 

 say, I shall offer a few reflections. 



Taking it then for granted that the two 

 terms are not synonymous, the word pictu- 

 resque, must have some appropriate mean- 

 ing; and therefore, when any person chooses 

 to call a figure or a scene picturesque, 

 rather than beautiful, he must have some 

 reason for that choice. The definitions 

 which have been given of picturesque, ap- 



