Excerpt from On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature, Vol. 1 of 4: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations
Thus resolved, the plan became so extensive, that he found himself under the necessity of adopting that comprehensive brevity of style, which could alone enable him to compress the abundance of his materials into classical limits.
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