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may be more honour if they succeed well, 

 yet there is more dishonour if they fail, 

 and it is twenty to one they will ; where- 

 as in regular figures it is hard to make 

 any great and remarkable faults." 



Sir William's beau ideal of a garden 

 presenting stateliness and beauty, was 

 that of the Countess of Bedford at Moor 

 Park, Hertfordshire. He describes it as 

 on the slope of a hill, with two terraces, 

 one above the other, and connected by a 

 grand flight of steps. There were par- 

 terres, ornamented fountains, statues, 

 other embellishments and a wilderness. 

 The delight which he took in his own 

 beautiful garden at Sheen, in Surrey, 

 which he called his " Corner," not only 

 in the culture of flowers but of various 

 fruits, especially of the vine, is much to 

 be admired. To this spot he gave his 

 heart, not only by metaphor while living, 

 but literally, by giving instructions at his 

 death that it should be placed in its midst 

 beneath the sun-dial which had marked 

 so many of his happy hours. 

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