





I 



FRAGMENT XXXIII. 



EXTRACTED FROM THE REPORT 



ON SHERRINGHAM BOWER, IN NORFOLK 



* 







A SEAT OF ABBOT UPCHER, ESQ, 



SITUATION. 



that S herring:- 



t may appear a bold assertion to pronounce, 

 ham possesses more natural beauty and local advantages, and 



is more 



capabl 



e o 



being rendered an appropriate gentleman- 



like residence, than any place 



hav 



e ever seen. I must here 



premise, that I do not estimate places by their Measure or 

 Value, each of which may be applied separately to the diamond 



and the mill-stone ; and in comparing it with other places, 

 must confine myself to those which command views of the Sea, 

 that being always the leading feature of the Scenery of Great 



Britain as an Island. The most celebrated places of this 

 scription which I have seen, are Mulgrave Castle in the North, 

 Tregothnan and Mount Edgecombe in the West, and various 

 places in Sussex, and the Isle of Wight in the South ; yet much 

 of the celebrity of these places may be derived from the per- 

 mission liberally given to have them seen by the public ; and, 





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