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counts I should be particularly sorry to giv* 

 offence, for the freedom I have taken. I trust, 

 however, that the liberality of- mind, which 

 naturally accompanies that love and know- 

 ledge of the fine arts for which he is so dis- 

 tinguished, will make him feel that in criti- 

 cising modern gardening, it would have been 

 unfair to Mr. Brown not to have mentioned 

 his most famous work ; and that my silence 

 on that head, would have been attributed to 

 other motives than those of delicacy and re- 

 • spect. I must also add in my defence, that 

 I can hardly look upon Blenheim in the light 

 of common private property: it has the glori- 

 ous and singular distinction of being a national 

 reward for great national services : and the 

 public has a more than common interest, in all 

 that concerns so noble a monument. 



P. 341, lrl6. The language (if it may be so called) by 

 which objects of sight make themselves in- 

 telligible, is exactly like that of -speech. To 

 a man who is used to look at nature, pictures, or 

 drawings with a painter's eye, the slightest 

 hint, on the slightest inspection, conveys a 

 perfect and intelligible meaning; just as the 

 slightest sound, with the most negligent ar- 

 ticulation, conveys meaning to an ear that is 

 well acquainted with the language of the 

 speaker: but to a person little versed in that 

 language, such a sound is quite unintelligible ; 



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