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exclusively into his landscapes, and who 

 even in his designs for Spencer, whose 

 scenes were so often laid, 



infra I'ombrose piante 

 D'antica selva, 



still kept to his little beeches, must have had 

 a more paltry mind than falls to the com- 

 mon lot: it must also have been as perverse 

 as it was paltry ; for as he painted trees with- 

 out form, so he planted them without life, 

 and seems to have imagined that circum- 

 stance alone would compensate for want of 

 bulk, of age, and of grandeur of character. 



I may here observe, that it is almost 

 impossible to remove a large old tree, with 

 all its branches, spurs, and appendages; and 

 without such qualities as greatness of size, 

 joined to an air of grandeur and of high 

 antiquity, a dead tree should seldom if 

 ever be left, especially in a conspicuous 

 place; to entitle it to such a station, it should 

 be " majestic even in ruin a dead tree 

 which could be moved, would, from that 

 very circumstance, be unfit for moving. 

 Those of Kent's, were probably placed 



