APPENDIX. 



Great part of my essay was written, 

 before I saw that of Mr. Gilpin on pic- 

 turesque beauty. I had gained so much 

 information on that subject from his other 

 works that I read it with extreme eager- 

 ness, on account of the interest I took in 

 the subject itself, as well as from my opi- 

 nion of the author. At first I thought my 

 work had been anticipated ; I was pleased, 

 however, to find some of my ideas con- 

 firmed, and was in hopes of seeing many 

 new lights struck out. But as I advanced, 

 that distinction between the two charac- 

 ters, that line of separation which I thought 

 would have been accurately marked out, 

 became less and less visible ; till at length 



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