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from tlie love of Or^/er, of Unity ^ of Anti- 

 quity, and of Continuity, are in a certain 

 degree gratified by the long perspective 

 view of a stately avenue; even when it 

 consists of trees in rows so far apart, that 

 their branches do not touch: but where 

 they grow so near as to imitate the gran- 

 deur, the gloomy shade, and almost the 

 shelter of a Gothic Cathedral, we may 

 add the Comfort and Convenience of such 

 an avenue to all the other considerations 

 of its beauty. A long avenue, terminated 

 by a large old mansion, is a magnificent 

 object, although it may not be a proper 

 subject for a picture; but the \'\c\v from 

 such a mansion is perhaps among the 

 greatest objections to an avenue, because 

 it destroys all variety; since the same 

 landscape would be seen from every house 

 in the kingdom, if a view between rows 

 of trees deserves the name of landscape. 



If at the end of a long avenue be 

 placed &n obelisk, a temple, or any other 

 eye-trap (as it is called), it will only catch 

 or please the eye of ignorance or child- 

 hood. The eye of taste and experience 



