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The hints for this Garden 



been suggested by 



paintings and engravings of the date of King Henry VI IF and 

 Elizabeth: and even the selection of flowers lias been In ken 

 from those represented in the nosegays of old portraits of I lie 



is 



sue 



as 



same period, preserved in the Picture Gallery of Woburn. Tl 

 attention to strict congruity may appear trifling to 



have never considered, that good taste delights in the harmony 

 of the 



3 minutest parts to the whole ; and this Cottage, lioweve: 

 small, compared with modern mansions, is a tolerably fair spe 



cimen of the style and size of private ho 



thr 



ee 



UN 



dred 



years ago 



for although 



the castles and collegiate building 



were large, some of the dwelling-houses of respectable persona 

 did not much exceed this Cottage in dimensions or 



comfort 





when one living- room was often deemed sufficient for all the 



family. 



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The change in customs during three or four centuries makes 

 it very difficult to build such dwelling-houses, as shall contain 



at the 



all the conveniences which modern life requires, an 



same time preserve the ancient forms we admire as picturesque ; 





yet the prevailing taste for the Gothic style must often be com- 

 plied with ; and after all, there is not more absurdity in making 

 a house look like a castle or convent, than like the portico of a 

 Grecian temple, applied to a square mass, which Mr. Price has 

 not unaptly compared to a clamp of bricks : and so great is the 





Vetusta Monumenta. The ornaments painted on the posts and rails are taken from 

 the picture of King Henry VIII and Family, now in the possession of the Society of 

 Antiquaries. 











