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and I trust no 



object to this new part 



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tyle with what is left of the 



n m 



Id original mansion, 



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ing the character of similar date; although to the proposal ol 

 adding at all to the present house the three following objection* 

 may possibly be urged. 



First, The present site is too low: 

 Secondly, It is too near I he water: and, 

 Thirdly, It is on the verge of the estate. 

 To the first I must observe, that our am 



tors very 



ly placed their Castles on eminences for defence, and th 



eir 



Abbies and Houses in the vallies for shelter: but i 



n 



le v 



mi- 







paign country of Dorset it would be absurd to place a new 

 house on a more elevated part of the property, exposed to every 

 wind, without a tree to cover it. 



Secondly, If the water were a stagnant pool, or one of those 



sheets of Water, as they are called, in imitation of a lake, it might 

 e objectionable to place a mansion so near its misty shores; 

 but where the water is constantly gliding, or in rapid motion, 

 where a hard, pebbly bottom appears through the limpid stream, 

 and where the banks are not swamps or bogs, the current of the 

 stream increases the wholesome current of the air; and its lively 

 motion constitutes its chief interest, it should therefore 

 brought close to the windows, in a channel not too deep; as in 

 such streams we do not require the still, sleepy mirror of deep 

 water belonging to a navigable river; which Milton very beau- 

 tifully contrasts, as distinct objects, 



" The shallow Brook, and River wide." 



