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detail that is both good an. I charming. Quite 

 delightful, again, as an example of hammered iron, 

 ; ie uate to the kitchen garden, aiul the same 

 delicacy and skill are found elsewhere. Abundant 

 and excellent ax was the ironwork of' Knglish houses 

 under William and under Anne, there is no better 

 example than that at Wotton. At 1 lampton Court 

 Hi a greater scale and of higher elaboration, as 

 In-fitted a Kind's palace. That at Wotton equally 

 betits the more modest home of a subject. 



Simplicity i* the charm of peaceful Wotton. 

 The quiet and ordered dignity of the house, the 

 charm of the smcxith-sh.iven lawn, the striking 

 features of the tall posts and the noble railing, 

 give the note of distinction. There is a wealth 

 of flower beauty also, but all seems subjected to 

 the broad effect we have indicated. The gardens 

 at Stowe were more famous, but they i.m sianely 

 have had all the sequestered calm that belongs 

 to Wotton. 



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