338 The Conclufion. Chap, ix 



it muft be added, that the beft of our Gar- 

 dens difcover the Slendernefs of their View 

 by a Termination moft Defigners are fond of, 

 I mean fine Iron Gates, a kind of Artifice not 

 good, and a very great Expence in the 

 Bargain. 



I beg leave here to infert the ingenious 

 Thoughts of a late Author (SpeSator, VoL 

 6. N^. 414.) where, after he had elegantly 

 defcrib'd the general and pleafing Idea's that 

 exterior Objefts convey to the Imagination^ 

 he proceeds to this of Gardens. 



" If we confider (fays he) the Works of 

 " Nature and Art^ as they are qualify 'd to 

 " entertain the Imagination, we ftiall find the 

 " jaft very defeftive, in comparifon of the 

 ^ former ^ for tho* they may fometimes ap< 

 " pear as Beautiful or Strange, they can have 

 *' nothing in them of that Vaftnefs and Im- 

 " menfity, which afford fo great an Enter- 

 '' tainment to the Mind of the Beholder. 

 " l^he one may be as Polite and Delicate as 

 " the other, but can never fhew herfelf fo 

 " Auguft and Magnificent in the Defign. 

 " There is fomething more bold and mafterly 

 " in the rough, carelefs Strokes of Nature, 

 *' than in the nice Touches. and EmbeJlifh- 

 " ments of x\rt. The Beauties of the moft 

 " ftately Garden or Palace lie in a narrow 

 " Compafs, the Imagination immediately 

 ** runs them over, and requires fomething 

 3: ** elfc 



