best views 



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Simple as this apothegm may appear, it contains 

 more truth in theory, and more difficulty in practice, than all 



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tects, or the remarks of all the admirers of rural scenery, with 



The former never think of Aspects, 

 and the latter think of nothing but Prospects. I will therefore 

 beg leave to enlarge on these two subjects. 



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vinced, that in this climate a southern aspect is most desirable; 

 but few are aware of the total difference in the effect of turning 

 the front of the house a few points to the East or to the West of 

 the south; because, although the south-east is the best, yet the 

 south-west is the worst of all possible Aspects; for this rea- 

 son, viz. all blustering winds and driving rains come from the 

 south-west, and consequently the windows are so covered with 





wet, as to render the landscape hardly visible. My attention 

 was originally drawn to this subject by travelling so much in 

 post carriages, and often remarking the difference betwixt the 

 window to the south-west and that to the south-east, during a 

 shower of rain, or immediately after; when the sun shining on 

 the drops causes an unpleasant glitter, obstructing the prospect, 

 while the view towards the south-east remains perfectly visible.* 



At Organ-Hall, in Hertfordshire, a seat of William Towgood, Esq. the living- 



room was towards the south 



and during a heavy storm of wind and 



