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the modern seat in Oak-edge; and the lively improved front of 

 Shugborough ; are embellishments proper to our own country. 

 Amidst these rise the genuine architecture of China, in all its extra- 

 vagance; the dawning of the Grecian, in the mixed Gothic gate-way 

 of Tixal; and the chaste buildings of Athens, exemplified by Mr. 

 Stuart, in the counterparts of the Chocagic monument of Lysicrates,* 

 and the octagon tower of Andronicus Cyrrhestes.f From the same 

 hand arose, by command of a grateful brother, the arch of Adrian 

 of Athens, embellished with naval trophies, in honour of Lord An- 

 son, a glory to the British fleet. Pennant's friend, as he informs 

 us, the late Thomas Anson, Esq. preferred the still paths of private 

 life, and was every way qualified for its enjoyment : for with the 

 most humane, and the most sedate disposition, he possessed a mind 

 most uncommonly cultivated. He was the example of true taste 

 in this county ; and, at the same time that he made his own place 

 a paradise, made every neighbour partaker of its elegancies. He 

 was happy in his life, and happy in his end. The improvements 

 which he began were carried on, with great judgment, by his 

 nephew and successor George Anson, Esq. He was father to the 

 present proprietor, who was created a peer of Great Britain, Febrti<- 

 ary 17th, 1806. 



The improvements at Shugborough have been farther carried on 

 by his Lordship, the house having been enlarged, and a handsome 

 portico added to it. The highly cultivated state of the demesne 

 marks the laudable agricultural taste of the noble owner. J 



Of the great number of statues which embellish the place, aoi 

 Adonis and Thalia are the most capital. There is also a very fine 

 figure of Trajan, in the attitude of haranguing his army. The num- 

 ber of which Etruscan figures in the garden shew the great anti- 

 iquity of the art of sculpture in Italy, long before the Romans be- 

 came a people. The beautiful monument in the lower end of the 

 garden does honour to the present age. It was the work of Mr. 

 Schemecher, under the direction of Thomas Anson, Esq. just men- 

 tioned. The scene is laid in Arcadia. Two lovers, expressed in 

 elegant pastoral figures, appear attentive to an ancient shepherd, 

 who reads to them an inscription on a tomb : " ET IN ARCADIA 

 EGO !" 



The moral of this seems to be, that there are no situations of life 



* Antiquities of Athens, Chap. IV. tab. 1,3. 



j. Ib. Chap. III. tab. 1, 3. 

 J See the account of Shugborough Farm and Demesne, p. 90. dep. 2. 



