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the reasons I before have mentioned, are 

 very commonly called the principles of 

 painting*. These general principles, not 

 those peculiar to the practice of the art, 

 are, in my idea, universally applicable 

 to every kind of ornamental gardening, 

 in the most confined, as well as the most 

 enlarged sense of the word : my business at 

 present is almost entirely with the latter, 

 with what may be termed the landscapes 

 and the general scenery of the place, whe- 

 ther under the title of grounds, lawn, park, 

 or any other denomination. 



With respect to Kent, and his particular 

 mode of improving, I can say but little 

 from my own knowledge, having never seen 

 any works of his that I could be sure had 

 undergone no alteration from any of his 

 successors ; but Mr. Walpole, by a few cha- 

 racteristic anecdotes, has made us perfectly 

 acquainted with the turn of his mind, and 

 the extent of his genius. 



A painter, who, from being used to plant 

 young beeches, introduced them almost 



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