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thofe were not îbe moji pleajing mgredtents of his littk 

 ferfpedîîve. 



I do not know wbether the difpofition of the garden at 

 Rou/ham, laid oui for gênerai Dormer, and in my opinion 

 tbe mojl engaging of ail Kenfs works, was not planjied on 

 the model of Mr. Pope' s, at leaji in th<i opening and retiring 



Jhades of Venus' s valc. Tbe wbole is as élégant and antique 

 as if the emperor Jiilian had feleâled tbe mojî pleafjig 



folitude about Daphne to enjoy a pbilofopbic retirement. 



That Kent' s ideas were but rarely greaf, was in famé 

 meafure owing to tbe novelty of his art. It woidd hâve 

 been dificult to bave tranfported tbe Jiyle of gardeiihig at 

 once from a few acres to tiitnbling of forejîs: and thoiigh 

 new fafiions li.ke ncw religions, (which are new faJl:ions) 

 often lead ?nen to tbe fnof oppofite e.xcejfes, it could not be tbe 

 café in gardening, ivhere tbe experiments would bave beert 

 fo expenfve. Tet it is true too tbat the features in Kent' s 

 landfcapes were feldom majeftic, His cliimps were puny, be 

 aitned at immédiate effeB, and planted not for futurity^ 

 One fées no large woods fketched ont by his direction. Nor 

 are we yet intirely rifen above a too great frequency of 



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