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tion, a model of which he presented in 

 the arrangement of his estate near Rugby. 

 In fact when he asserted in his first essay, 

 that an imitation of nature should be the 

 basis of ornamental gardening, Addison 

 must be considered the pioneer in the 

 introduction into. England of this well- 

 established maxim. "If we consider 

 works of nature and art as they are 

 qualified to entertain the imagination, 

 we shall find the last very defective, in 

 comparison of the former: for though 

 they may sometimes appear as beautiful 

 or strange, they can have nothing in them 

 of that vastness and immensity which 

 affords so great an entertainment to the 

 mind of the beholder. The one may be 

 as polite and delicate as the other, but 

 can never show herself so august and 

 magnificent in the design. There is 

 something more bold and masterly in the 

 rough, careless strokes of nature, than in 

 the nice touches and embellishments of 

 art. The beauties of the most stately 

 garden or palace lie in a narrow compass, 

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