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mistaken for part of a river : to such over- 

 flowings I of course do not mean to al- 

 lude, the comparison would do a great 

 deal too much honour to those pieces of 

 water, the banks of which had been formed 

 by Mr. Brown ; for it is impossible to see 

 any part of them without knowing them 

 to be artificial. 



Among the various ways in which the 

 present style of artificial water has been 

 defended, certain passages from the poets 

 have been quoted*, to shew that it is a 

 great beauty in a river to have the water 

 close to the edge of the grass : 



May thy brimmed waves for this 

 Their full tribute never miss. 



Vivo de pumice fontes 

 Roscida mobilibus lambebant gramina rivis*. 



To which might be added the well known 

 passage : 



Without o'erflowing full. 



* Essay on Design in Gardening, page 203/ 

 f Claudian de raptu Proserpinae. 

 VOL. I. X 



