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by a great dip into two pinnacles, upon one of 

 which is a large Gothic building. The space be- 

 fore this structure is an extensive lawn ; the 

 ground on one side falls immediately into the 

 dip ; and the trees which border the lawn, sink- 

 ing with the ground, the house rises above 

 them, and fills the interval. The vast pile 

 seems to be still larger than it is; for it is 

 thrown into perspective, and between and above 

 the heads of the trees, the upper story, the por- 

 ticos, the turrets and balustrades, and all the 

 slated roofs appear in a noble confusion. On 

 the other side of the Gothic building the ground 

 slopes down a long-continued declivity into a 

 bottom, which seems to be perfectly irriguous. 

 Divers streams of water wander about it in 

 several directions ; the conflux of that which 

 runs from the Klysian fields with another below 

 it, is in full sight ; and a plain wooden bridge 

 thrown over the latter, and evidently designed 

 for a passage, imposes an air of reality on the 

 river. Beyond it is one of the Doric porticos 

 which front the house, but now it is alone ; it 

 stands on a little bank above the water, and is 

 seen under some trees at a distance before it. 

 Thus grouped, and thus accompanied, it is a 

 happy incident, concurring with many other 

 circumstances to distinguish this landscape by &. 

 character of cheerfulness and amenity, 



