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ftevcr fi much as in the opening of the Springs 

 when they are all new andfrejt?^ with their fir ji 

 Glofs upon them^ and not too much accujiomed 

 and familiar to the Eye. For this Reafon there 

 is 7zothing that more enlivens a Projpeci than 

 Rivers^ Jet deaux^ or fulls ofWater^ where the 

 Scene is perpetually Shifing^ and entertainii^g 

 the Sight every Mom.jit with fomething that is 

 new; we are quickly tired with Hills and Valleys^ 

 where every thing co7?tinues fixt and fettled in 

 the fame VI ace and Pojiure, but our thoughts 

 a little agitated and relievd at the Sight ofjnch 

 ObjeQs as are ever in Motion^ and fli ding away 

 from beneath the Eye of the Beholder. 



I might inftance fro?n him in many Placer of 

 ihofe incomparable Papers^ and bring Confirma- 

 tions of what I am advancing in this Book-> ^he 

 Sum of all is when apply d to our prefent Purpofe^ 

 that the Beaaty oi the largeft and fiacft of 

 Regular Gardens is eafily difcover'd, where- 

 as were they laid out in a more Natural and 

 Rural Manner, the Eye would always be dii- 

 covering new Objefts, and be loft in that iii- 

 exprcffible fomewhat to be found in the Be. u- 

 ty of Nature, in allude Copice or amiart,tbe 

 Irregular turnings of a wild Corn Field, the(e 

 would yield more Satisfaftion to the Eye of 

 the Beholder than the regulareft Scheme^ of 

 the moft Skillful Planometrian, 



To come nearer our parpofe, if a litt'e Re- 

 gularity is allov/d near the main Eu.ldirg, 



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