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sidered by itself singly, and without com- 

 parison. That defect, the greatest of all, 

 and the most opposite to the principles of 

 painting, is want of connection — a pas- 

 sion for making every thing distinct and 

 separate. All the particular defects which I 

 shall have occasion to notice, in some 

 degree arise from, and tend towards this ori- 

 ginal sin. 



Whoever has examined with attention 

 the landscapes of eminent painters, must 

 have observed how much art and study 

 they have employed, in contriving that all 

 the objects should have a mutual relation ; 

 that nothing should be detached in such a 

 manner as to appear totally insulated and 

 unconnected, but that there should be a 

 sort of continuity throughout the whole. 

 He must have remarked how much is ef- 

 fected, where the style of scenery admits of 

 it, by their judicious use of every kind of 

 vegetation, from the loftiest trees through 

 all their different growths, down to the 

 lowest plants ; so that nothing should be 

 crowded, nothing bare ; no heavy uniform 



