Excerpt from Essays on the Picturesque, as Compared With the Sublime and the Beautiful, Vol. 2: And on the Use of Studying Pictures, for the Purpose of Improving Real Landscape<br><br>It has been mentioned as an_objection, that Mr. Ha milton and Mr. Shenstone are in reality the most celebrated for their skill in laying out grounds, and, thereforé,'pain shill and the Leasowes, are the true examples of the taste of English Gardening. The acknowledged superiority of men of liberal education who embellished their own places.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.