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morê of it frotfi others, ivho 'hâve lived much among the ChU 

 fiefcSi a peopk whofe way of thinhingfeems to lie as ivide of 

 ours in Europe» as their country does.'—T^heir greatejl reach of 

 imagination is employed in contriving figures, where the beau^ 

 fy fmll be great and firike the eye, but without any order 

 or difpofiiion of parts, that Jhall be commonly or eafily ob" 

 Jcrved. And tbough we hâve hardly any notion of this fort 

 ofbeauty, y et they hâve a particidar ivord to exprefs it -, and 

 where they find it hit their eye at firfi fight, they fay the 

 Sharawadgi is fine or is admirable, or anyfuch exprefjion of 



efieem but I fiould hardly advife any of thefe attempts in 



the figure of gardens amojîg us, they are adventures of t09 

 hard atchievement for any common hands ; and though there 

 may be more honour if they fucceed well, yet\there is more dif 

 honour if they f ail, and it is twenty to one they will-, where^ 

 as in regular figures, it is hard to make any great and re- 

 markablefaults'' 



Fortu?iately Kent afîd afew others nvere not quitefo tîtnid, 

 or we 7night fiill be going up a7ïd down fiairs in the cpen 

 air, 



It is true, ive hâve heard much lately, as fir William 

 Temple did, of irregularity and iînitations of nature in the 

 gardens or grounds of the Chinefe. The former is certainly 

 true i they are as whimfically irregular, as European gardens 



are 



