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is under no restraint : the sides of it may be 

 perpetually broken, and the direction frequently 

 changed sudden turns, however, are harsh ; 

 they check the idea of progress ; they are rather 

 disappointments than varieties, and if they are 

 familiar they are in the worst style of affecta- 

 tion. The line must be curved, but it should 

 not be wreathed ; if it be truly serpentine, it is 

 the most unnatural of any ; it ought constantly 

 to proceed, and wind only just so much, that 

 the termination of the view may differ at every 

 step, and the end of the walk never appear ; the 

 thickets which confine it should be diversified 

 with several mixtures of greens ; no distinctions 

 in the forms of the shrubs or the trees will be 

 lost, when there are opportunities to observe 

 them so nearly ; and combinations and con- 

 trasts without number may be made, which will 

 be there truly ornamental. Minute beauties are 

 proper in a spot precluded from great effects: and 

 yet such a walk, if it be broad, is by no means 

 insignificant ; it may have an importance which 

 will render it more than a mere communication. 

 But the peculiar merit of that species of gar- 

 den which occupies the whole enclosure, con- 

 sists in the larger scenes ; it can make room for 

 them both in breadth and in length ; and, being 

 dedicated entirely to pleasure, free from all 

 other considerations, those scenes may be in 



