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at the same measured distance with the old one from the three 



Post Towns, while the apparent distance will be shortened 



i 



by a mile, because we are apt to consider ourselves arrive 

 at a place as soon as we have passed the gate of the Grounds or 

 Woods or Park belonging to it. 



4thly. 



View from the House. 



Alt! 



lOUg 



with many, the 



Vi 



lews 



fro 



m a 



ouse form the first consideration, yet 



am 



not so infatuated with Landscape as to prefer it to any of the 

 objects already enumerated. Perhaps a natural habit of cheer- 



fulness 



perates too powerfully 



my 



mind ; but I have ever 



considered the View of trees and law 



ns 



only, 



as creating a 



certain degree of gloom ; which I am convinced is oftener felt 



than acknowledged by 



possessors of pi 



dmired for 



leir 



solitary 



ran 



deur 



w 



e are 



pt to lament the desertion 



of such family mansions for the residence of London in winter 

 and watering places in summer ; but we should consider the 



difFere 



betwixt the 



parated from 



is 



neig 



hb 



•■ - 



Yard 



s or Garden Wall 



the Ho us 

 mankind, 



in the middle of a Park 



ntry gentleman's Seat, when only 



dependants by Court 



placing 



ours 



the modern fashion 



at a distance from all 









a 



) 



Where only grass and foliage we obtain 

 To mark the flat insipid waving plain, 

 Which wrapt all o'er in everlasting green 

 Make one dull vapid, smooth, though tranquil 



Knight's Laxdscjpe. 









