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be rich indeed, and elegant ; but have nothing 

 in them offuperior magnificence. 



One ornament of this kind, I fhould be in- 

 clined to allow j and that is a handfome gate 

 at the entrance of the park : but it (hould be 

 proportioned in richnefs, and elegance to the 

 houfe j and fhould alfo correfpond with it in 

 ftile. It fhould raife the firft impreflion of 

 what you are to expect. Warwick-caftle re- 

 quires a mode of entrance very different from 

 lord Scarfdale's at Keddleftone ; and Burleigh- 

 houfe, very different from both. The park-gate 

 of Sion-houfe is certainly elegant ; but it raifes 

 the idea of a ftile of architecture, which you 

 muft drop, when you arrive at the houfe. 



The road alfo through the park fhould bear 

 the fame proportion. It fhould be fpacious, or 

 moderate, like the houfe it approaches. Let 

 it wind: but let it not take any deviation, 

 which is not well accounted for. To have 

 1 ,ie convenience of winding along a valley, or 

 palling a commodious bridge, or avoiding a 

 wood, or a piece of water, any traveller 

 would naturally wifh to deviate a little ; and 

 obftacles of this kind, if necefTary, muft be 

 interpofed. Mr. Brown was often happy in 

 creating thefe artificial obstructions. 



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