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poem is the c'ompletest exemplification of 

 lasso's precept in a more exalted art. The 

 improver (if I may be allowed to compare 

 small things with great) should pursue the 

 same line of conduct in his humbler art, 

 though by a different process ; and while 

 he employs his whole skill to lead the 

 spectator in the best direction, through 

 the most interesting scenes, and towards 

 the most striking points of view, and to 

 facilitate his approach to them, he should 

 not strive to confine him to one sin do 

 route, and should often, where it is practi- 

 cable, conceal his having made any route 

 at all. There is in our nature a repug- 

 nance to despotism even in trifles, and wo 

 are never so heartily pleased as when we- 

 appear to have made every discovery our- 

 sehes: it is this sort of feeling, as op- 

 posed to the one which arises from what 

 is plainly and avowedly artificial, that 

 Tasso seems to indicate by 



ll bello e'l caro accresce a I'opre. 



It is a feeling that I have more than once 



