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water's edge towards the knoll on which it 

 stands, and close again behind it. That elegant 

 structure, inclined a little from a front view, 

 becomes more beautiful by being thrown into 

 perspective ; and though at a greater distance, 

 is more important than before, because it is 

 alone in the view ; for the Queen's Pillar and 

 the rotunda are removed far aside, and every 

 other circumstance refers to this interesting 

 object ; the water attracts, the ground and the 

 plantations direct the eye thither, and the 

 country does not just glimmer in the offscape, 

 but is close and eminent above the wood, and 

 connected by clumps with the garden. The 

 scene altogether is a most animated landscape, 

 and the splendor of the building, the reflection 

 in the lake, the transparency of the water, and 

 the picturesque beauty of its form, diversified 

 by little groups on the brink, while on the 

 broadest expanse no more trees cast their shad- 

 ows than are sufficient to vary the tints of the 

 surface all these circumstances, vying in lus- 

 tre with each other, and uniting in the point 

 to which every part of the scene is related, dif- 

 fuse a peculiar brilliancy over the whole com- 

 position. 



The view from Kent's Building is very differ- 

 ent from those which have been hitherto 

 described : they are all directed down the de 



