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clivity of the lawn ; this rises up the ascent ; the 

 eminence, being crowned with lofty wood, 

 becomes thereby more considerable and the 

 hillocks, into which the general fall is broken, 

 sloping farther out this way than any other, 

 they also acquire an importance which they 

 had not before. That particularly on which the 

 rotunda is placed, seems here to be a proud 

 situation, and the structure appears to be 

 properly adapted to so open an exposure. The 

 Temple of Bacchus, on the contrary, which 

 commands such an illustrious view, is itself a 

 retired object, close under the covert. The wood 

 rising on the brow, and descending down one 

 side of the hill, is shown to be deep ; is high, 

 and seems to be higher than it is. The lawn, 

 too, is extensive ; and part of the boundary 

 being concealed, it suggests the idea of a still 

 greater extent. A small portion only of the 

 lake, indeed, is visible, but it is not here an 

 object ; it is a part of the spot, and neither ter- 

 mination being in sight, it has no diminutive 

 appearance. If more water had been admitted, 

 it might have hurt the character of the place, 

 which is sober and temperate, neither solemn 

 nor gay, great and simple, but elegant, above 

 rusticity, yet free from ostentation. 



These are the principal scenes on one side of 

 the gardens ; on the other, close to the lawn 



