139/259 I could not but deeply regret that its solemnity was impaired by a fantastic new castle set up on a projection of the same ridge, as if to show how far modern art can go in surpassing all that could be done by antiquity and Nature with their united graces, remembrances, and associations. I could have almost wished for power, so much the contrast vexed me, to blow away Sir -- -- Meyrick's impertinent structure and all the possessions it contains. *_The Idle Shepherd Boys; or Dungeon-Ghyll Force: a Pastoral_. [XI.] Grasmere, Town-End, 1800. I will only add a little monitory anecdote concerning this subject. |