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with the fweet and animated foftnefs of Eng- 

 land's fpring. 



Of this foul-enchanting feafon the ef- 

 fedt, no doubt, is much heightened by its 

 periodical return \ and from its fucceeding to 

 the chilling blafts, and all the long and dreary 

 fufpenfion occafioned by winter. It is in fadt 

 the refufcitation of nature, and is calculated 

 univerfally to enliven, — while it forms the 

 high repaft of feeling and contemplative 

 minds. 



What combination — w T hat fcenery can 

 man contemplate capable of affording the 

 tender delight felt in a folitary ramble, acrofs 

 the rich and neat enclofures of England, at 

 the happy period, when nature, reanimated 

 by the genial orb of May, difplays, in gentle 

 mildnefs, all her lovelieft form, and regales 

 every fenfe with her fofteft banquets ! Per- 

 haps no fcene is known fo fweetly grateful — 

 none that fo calms the bofom with foft feel- 

 ings of peace and comfort, or that minifters 

 fuch copious ftreams of genuine delight. All 

 around unites in fweeteft harmony. The 

 eye, the olfa&ories, the ear, the very fenfes 



