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of the kingdom where fuch foils are mar 

 naged as they or<ght to be. 



His Grace was fo obliging as to write to 

 the Duke of Norfolk, that I might not 

 meet with any difficulty in feeing V/orkfop, 

 as I had been informed it was not fbewn ; 

 this procured me a certain admiffion to 

 view that edifice, celebrated not only for 

 Its beauty, but the furprifng expedition 

 ufed in raifmg it. If finished upon as 

 large a fade as begun, it would be, I ap- 

 prehend, the largefthoufciri England*, for 

 the part already done is only a fifth of the 

 deli en . 



In 



* The front that is rimmed, is 318 feet long, 



and very light and beautiful ; the center of it is 



a portico, which makes a fmall projection •, fix 



% very handiome Corinthian pillars, refting on the 



ruftics, fupport the tyiBpanypa ; the whole ex- 



: 't. Upon the points of the 



tri-;'- are three figures, and a ba'luftrade 



crc - from the tympanum to the 



proje&ing part a; ihe ends* which mirk the 



terminations in the llile of wings : Upon thefe 



are vafes which are in a proper tafte, but the 



double ones at the corncr> have the appearance 



g crouded. This front, upon the whole, 



ry beautiful ; there is a noble 



in it which muft pleafe every eye, 



in raifing any idea of want of ornament. 



The 



