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HEPOliT CONCERNING A VILLA AT STREATHAM, 





U) LONGING TO THE EARL OF COVENTRY 



MY I.omi. 





cannot hut rejoice in I lie honour your Lordship 



has dour me, it, requiring my opinion concerning a Villa, which, 





compared with Croom or Spring Park, may he deemed 

 d< rahle by those who value a place by its size or extent, 



and not by its real importance, as it regards beauty, conve 



nience, and utility. I must therefore request leave to deliver 





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my opinion concerning Slrealham at some length, as it will 



give me an Opportunity of explaining my reasons for treating 

 the ubjecl very differently from those followers of Brown, wh 



cop„ ,1 his manner, without attending to his proportions or mo 

 lives, and adopted the same expedients for two acres, which 

 thought advisable for two hundred. Mr. Biw 



e 



vns attention 



had generally been called to places of great extent, in many 

 of whj, h he had introduced that practice distinguished by th 



name ot a belt of plantation, and a drive within that belt 



e 



Th 



conve 





»en the M.rface was varied by hill and dale, became 

 »'«•»■ »H*e of connecting the most striking spots, and the most 

 Unsung .en, ■ at a distance from the mansion, and from each 

 Cher. I,„ whon the same expedient is used round a small 

 fieW w„h no ■ne.p.ality of ground, and particularly with a 



l.uhhc road bounding the premises, it is impossible to 



conceive 





