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rangement of enlightened minds; equally
free from blind prejudice for antiquity, and
rage for novelty,—neither fond of deftroy-
ing old, nor of creating new fyftems. The
revolution in tafte is ftamped with the cha-
racfter of all thofe, which either in religion or
politics have been carried into execution by
the lower, and lefs enlightened part of man-
kind. Knox and Brown differ very little in
their manner of proceeding: no remnant of
old fuperftition, or old tafte, however rich
and venerable, was fuffered to remain, and
our churches and gardens have been equally
ftripped of their ornaments.
I have now mentioned what appear to me
the chief excellencies of the old Italian gar-
dens, but I am very far from undervaluing,
or wifliing upon that account in all inftances
to condemn, modern improvements. The
former part of my Effay, as I before ob-
ferved, relates almoft entirely to the grounds,
and
rangement of enlightened minds; equally
free from blind prejudice for antiquity, and
rage for novelty,—neither fond of deftroy-
ing old, nor of creating new fyftems. The
revolution in tafte is ftamped with the cha-
racfter of all thofe, which either in religion or
politics have been carried into execution by
the lower, and lefs enlightened part of man-
kind. Knox and Brown differ very little in
their manner of proceeding: no remnant of
old fuperftition, or old tafte, however rich
and venerable, was fuffered to remain, and
our churches and gardens have been equally
ftripped of their ornaments.
I have now mentioned what appear to me
the chief excellencies of the old Italian gar-
dens, but I am very far from undervaluing,
or wifliing upon that account in all inftances
to condemn, modern improvements. The
former part of my Effay, as I before ob-
ferved, relates almoft entirely to the grounds,
and