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«i c^ood fore-orouiid to the view from the 

 house, will, generally speaking, have equally 

 a good effect from every other point. In- 

 jinitc are the ways, even in an absolute flat, 

 of varying by means of trees and planta- 

 tions, the characters of the fore-ground, of 

 the middle plan, and of the two sides; as 

 likewise of connecting them with each other 

 and with the remoter distance in such a 

 manner, that nothing may look bald and va- 

 cant, and that the buildings may from most 

 points, be combined with other objects. 

 But where a professed layer-out of grounds 

 has the planning of the whole, his first point 

 is to display the mansion, and to make a 

 lona; extent of grass in front. For that 

 purpose he clears the middle part, or leaves 

 it quite open, while the sides are either 

 planted with clumps, or with close planta- 

 tions, which, going off in regular sweeps 

 from the house, make a formal border round 

 the lawn ; so that the building may be 

 viewed from everv part of it with little 

 or no interruption. It seems as if the 

 word of command given by Satan to his.. 



