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SCENERY 7 OF THE COAST. 
more especially in summer are quiet, and interesting 
scenes; grand woods, green fields, and even the 
bleak moor itself may here be viewed connectedly 
with the vast ocean, and the sight of some islet off 
the shore may lead some to indulge in romantic 
visions too pleasurable to last long. The sober 
thinking admirer of scenery, however may look 
down on the little harbour of Dartmouth, or sail up 
the entrance of the Exe, and find realities of beauty 
too remarkable, to be placed collaterally with fairy 
regions, but rather fit to be stored up, together with 
the impressions, and associations then awakened, 
and made to assume a place in the useful portion 
of his mind. The intellect of man is perpetually 
engaged on good or evil; the admiration of scenery 
need not be vacant, or empty, but far from it, what¬ 
ever contemplation leads us to a regard of external 
nature, or of the springs of action which lie hidden 
in the deep recesses, of the intricate mechanisms of 
our hearts, must of necessity be useful, since, as re¬ 
sponsible agents, these mental pursuits are especially 
suited to our case, and are found to be in strict 
accordance with what is good. 
