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and the largefl I have any where feen ; the 

 park is as noble a range of natural and arti- 

 ficial beauty as is any where to be beheld ; 

 the magnificence of the woods exceed all 

 dcfcription ; the temples, &c. are elegant 

 pieces of architecture, and fo admirably 

 iituated<as to throw an uncommon luftre 

 over every fpot ; and add to all this, the 

 beauty of the furrounding country, which 

 confiits chiefly of cultivated hills, cut 

 into inclofures, and well fcattered with 

 towns and villages, and you certainly will 

 allow, that mch circumftances cannot 

 unite without forming a place at once great 

 and beautiful. 



To this flight account, I cannot but add 

 one remark, in praife of what I muft be 

 allowed to call true tafte : Nature has cer- 

 tainly done much at Wentnjuorth, but art 

 has heightened, decorated, and improved 

 all her touches ; in fuch attempts, no flight 

 genius is rcquifite : Valleys may be floated 

 with water, hills crowned with woods, and 



temples appear in every fcene ; riches 



will do all thefe ; the money of one man 

 may purchafe the tafte of another : But all 

 that Lord' Rockingham has yet done at 

 JVentvuorth, as well as the noble plans he 

 has fketched, and begun to execute, are 

 totally his own defigns: An inftance cer- 

 tainly 



