William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]
… as predictable from the first page of his 1770 Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales (first printed in 1782): We travel for various purposes —to explore the culture of soils — to view the curiosities of art — to … a contemplative clergyman: 8 . William Gilpin, Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales (London : Printed for R. Blamire, sold by B. Law and R. Faulder, 1782.), p. 1. 9 . William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly … Year 1772: On Several Parts of England; Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland (London : Printed for R. Blamire ..., 1786), p. 262. The very trot of a horse is friendly to thought. It beats time, as it were, to …
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