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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
that country and beholds those very scenes
which he has imagined to himself so long
before, he should feel an uncommon glow
of enthusiasm, and in the moment of en-
chantment, should add some imaginary to
their many real charms. Besides, the
scenery of Italy is truly classical; I mean,
it is such as described by poets and histo-
rians. Earthquakes, the only species of
revolution that can permanently alter the
great features of nature, however common
they may be there, have, if we except a
few places in the neighborhood of Naples,
and some distant parts of the coasts of
Calabria, made in the whole but little alter-
ation. Even wars, invasions, and the de-
vastation of eighteen centuries have not yet
eradicated those local ornaments that arise
either from the tendency of the soil or from
the persevering attention of the inhabitants.
The Sylaris is still shaded with groves and
thickets: the rose of Pcestum, though neg-
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
that country and beholds those very scenes
which he has imagined to himself so long
before, he should feel an uncommon glow
of enthusiasm, and in the moment of en-
chantment, should add some imaginary to
their many real charms. Besides, the
scenery of Italy is truly classical; I mean,
it is such as described by poets and histo-
rians. Earthquakes, the only species of
revolution that can permanently alter the
great features of nature, however common
they may be there, have, if we except a
few places in the neighborhood of Naples,
and some distant parts of the coasts of
Calabria, made in the whole but little alter-
ation. Even wars, invasions, and the de-
vastation of eighteen centuries have not yet
eradicated those local ornaments that arise
either from the tendency of the soil or from
the persevering attention of the inhabitants.
The Sylaris is still shaded with groves and
thickets: the rose of Pcestum, though neg-