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point, where Chrift-church head, and the 

 weftern promontory of the iile of Wight, form 

 an immenfe colonade before it. 



The road to the houfe runs diredtly to the 

 front, narrow, and contracted at the entrance, 

 but opening by degrees. The houfe firft 

 appears ; then the lawn ; which, tho narrow 

 in front, extends amply on both fides, with a 

 pavilion at each extremity. Thefe pavilions 

 have a good effed; from the fea, by giving 

 confequence to the houfe From the land they 

 contribute, by marking the limits of the lawn, 

 to open the idea more gradually. Beyond 

 the lawn, the grand colonade jufl mentioned, 

 extends ; and beyond all, the expanfe of the 

 ocean. There is fomething very amufing in 

 thus contemplating an idea, which is conti- 

 nually dilating and opening itfelf from a narrow 

 tunnel into infinite fpace. If it were the 

 effecfl of chance, or neceffity, we have only 

 to admire the happinefs of it. 



The cliff, on which the houfe flands, is 

 about fifty, or fixty yards high. It is not 

 perpendicular, but the ground being of a 

 fpongy, foundering nature, is continually 

 falling in huge mafTes ; and aftords an eafy 

 foundation for winding ftairs among the heaps 



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