B An Efay en Defign^ and the " 

 be more entertciining, after the Fancy is as it 

 were fatiated with the interiour Meanders and 

 other Rural and N.uural Embellifliments. 



Vtom Pirgil (ihat great Mafter of Garden- 

 ing and molt other Arts) vvemay colleft all that 

 is Beautiful, his Rural Deicriptions will furnifh 

 us wirh Tome Thojghts, for the Improvement 

 o[' our Fancy, as his Direftions do, tor the Im* 

 provement of our judgment. 



And from the Metamor^hojis of Ovid^ the 

 Defigner may collcft Ftatues and Ornaments, 

 for the adorning his VHla, that carry the very 

 Air of Enchantment with them. 



Neither need we have Recourfe to ancient 

 Authors only, the Poets of our own Country, 

 have drawn the beautiful Scenary of Nature, 

 equal to, if not exceeding any thing, to found 

 in the Ancients 5 how fweec is that Defcription 

 of Windfor Foieft, and how Noble and 

 Majeftick that Inimitable Defcription of Pa- 

 radice, by Mr. Milton^ The Poet has in- 

 deed the Advantage of the Dcfigner, in that 

 he can in a few Lines, aad in themoft Rigid 

 Seafon of the Year, raife Thoufands of Trees, 

 Fruits, and Flowers, but the Defigner has 

 this Advantage over him again, that tho his 

 Schemes are not fo foorrin Perf^ftion, they 

 are of a more lading date, and continue for 

 tnany Years to improve upon his Hands, and 

 iikewife by the Annual Rtvolutions of Na- 

 ture, tho' they are one Time of the Year flript 



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