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beauty is shown to exist with all its interest amidst the 

 boundless range of undivided propert5^" 



Mr. Repton, after stating these general principles, goes into 

 the specialities minutely, and recommends quitting the ave- 

 nue and planting it up, and the construction of a new ap- 

 proach, upon which he lays down the following rules : — 



" First. An approach is a road to the house, and to that 

 principally. 



" Secondly. If it is not naturally the nearest road possi- 

 ble, it ought artificially to be made impossible to go nearer. 



" Thirdly. The artificial obstacles which make this road 

 the nearest, ought to appear natural. 



" Fourthly. When an approach quits the high road, it 

 ought not to break from it at right angles, or in such a man- 

 ner as to rob the entrance of importance ; but rather at some 

 bend of the public road, from whence a lodge or gate may 

 be more conspicuous, and where the high road may appear to 

 branch from the approach, rather than the approach from the 

 high road. 



" Fifthly. After the approach enters the park, it should 

 avoid skirting along its boundary, which betrays the want of 

 extent or unity of property. 



" Sixthly. The house, unless very large and magnificent, 

 should not be seen at so great a distance as to make it a]> 

 pear much less than it really is. 



" Seventhly. The house should be at first presented in a 

 pleasing point of view. 



" Eighthly. As soon as the house is visible from the ap- 

 proach, there should be no temptation to quit it ; which will 

 ever be the case if the road be at all circuitous, unless suffi- 

 cient obstacles, such as water, or inaccessible ground, appear 

 to gratify its course." 



After enumerating these eight rules relating to approaches, 

 which he undoubtedly intends to be general, Mr. Repton 

 goes on to say : — 



" I shall not here speak of the convenience or inconve- 

 nience of a large town situated very near a park, but of the 

 influence that the proximity of a large town has in the char- 



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