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tain a '^^^y fi'^ acres. In gênerai, et^ept as a fireen 

 to conceal fome deformity, or as a Jhelter in winter, I am 

 not fon4 of total plantations of ever-greens. Firs in par- 

 ticular form a very ungraceful fummit, ail broken inta 

 angles. 



Sir Henry Englejîeld was one of the Jîrft improvers on. 

 tbç new Jiyle, and fcleBed with fmgular tajie that chief 

 beauty of ail gardens, profpedi and fortunate points of view^ 

 We tire of ail the pain ter s art when it wants tbefe fiyiijl:- 

 ing touches. The faireji fcenes, that dépend on themfelves 

 alonCy weary when often feen. The Doric portico, the Pal- 

 ladian bridge, the Gothic ruin, the Chinefe pagoda, that fur- 

 prize the franger, foon loofe their charrns to their furfeited, 

 mqjîer. The lake that foats the valley is flill more lifelefs, 

 and its lord feldom enjoys his expence but whén he Jhows it 

 to a, 'viftor. But the ornament whofe merit foonef fades, 

 is the hermitage or fcene adapted to contemplation. It is^ 

 aftnofi comic to fet qfide a quarter of one s garden to be 

 melancholly in. ProfpeSl, animât ed profpeB, is the théâtre 

 that will always be the mojî frequented. ProfpeBs fonnerly 

 were facrifced to convenience and warmtb. Thus Burleigb 



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