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disgust, whether it be a room covered with the finest green 

 baize, or a lawn kept with the most exquisite verdure; we look 

 for carpets in one, and flowers in the other. If in its unfur- 

 nished state there chance to be a looking-glass without a frame, 

 can only reflect the bare walls; and in like manner a pool of 



il 



wate i 



II. 



ding plantations 



or 



oth 



features 



re- 



flect* only the nakedness of the scene. 



Tlii> similitude might be extended to all the articles of fur- 

 nil ure for use or ornament required in an apartment, comparing 



sculpture appropriate to 



them 



with the seats and buildings and 



a garden. 



Thus the Pleasure Gro 



un 



at Woburn requires to 



e en- 



riched and furnished like its Palace, where good taste is every 

 where conspicuous. 



It is not by the breadth or length of the walk that Greatness 



f Character 



Garden Scenery can ev 



pported; it 



rather by its diversity, and the succession of interesting objects. 

 In this part of a great place, we may venture to extract pleasure 



from Novelty, without 



from Variety, from Contrast 

 endangering the character of Greatness 





THE GARDEN. 



In the middle of the last century almost 



every mansion in 



the kingdom had its Garden, surrounded by walls, in the front 



improve the landscape from the windows 



of the house. 



To 





