than that of arresting the hideous strides of the demon of false taste ingardening, whose footsteps have disfigured so much of the face of ourcountry, we shall have good reason to be thankful. But I am sanguineenough to anticipate that it may do much more than this, and thatthrough this influence… … CHAPTER II. It seems to me that the neglect—which prevails in the works of modernimprovers—of all that is picturesque, is owing to their exclusive atten-tion to high polish and flowing lines—the charms of which they are soengaged in contemplating, that they overlook two of the most fruitfulsources…
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