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bald and insipid custom, introduced by Brown, of surround 



house by a naked grass field 



mg 



h 



neglect, or by studied and affected rud 



opposite extreme not less oi\\ 



object, and the ground immediately 



the same artificial character. 



lines of garden walls and walks are ad visa!) I 



but to remedy this by slovenly 



seems to 



e an 



is an artificial 



ontiguous may partake of 



[n this place, therefore, straight 



together with 



such management, as may form the greatest possible 



contrast 



with that rude charact 



wh 



1C 



hould every wh 



e 



vail at Stanage; for when we cannot assimilate 



we 



effect 



s 



*e pre 

 st pro 



contrast, still preserving that character w 



c 



we attempt to restore : and while I thus draw the bold slraight 

 line between Art and Nature, in defiance of the scoff of i"no- 



and the vanity of fashion 



may 



pect the errors of 



prejudice, or the excess of enthusiasm 



