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PICTURESQUE VIEWS 
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The monuments of nations^ from which we are 
separated by a long interval of ages, are calcu- 
lated to fix our attention in two distinct points 
of view. The works of art, belonging to a 
people highly advanced in civilization, excite 
our admiration by the harmony and beauty "of 
their forms, and by the genius with which they 
are conceived. The bust of Alexander, found in 
the garden of the Pisoes, would be esteemed a 
valuable relic of antiquity, although no inscrip- 
tion indicated the features of the conqueror of 
Arbela* An engraved stone, or a medal of the 
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