uced in altitude and magnitude to an extent which I could nothave believed possible from so insignificant a cause. And there on thegreen hill top, still sits this wretched abortion, in form and apparent sizevery much resembling an old witch wrapped in her plaid, and grinningas it were with delight,… … CHAPTER VIII. I have hitherto endeavoured to trace the picturesque in all that relates toform, and to the effects of light and shade; I have endeavoured to dis-tinguish it from the beautiful, and from the sublime; and to show theinfluence of breadth on them all. It now remains to examine how farthe…
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