tury. It consisted of sloped terraces of 

 grass, regular shapes of land and water 

 formed by art, and quaintly adorned with 

 trees in pots, or planted alternatel}*, and 

 clipped, to preserve the most perfect re- 

 gularity of shape. These were the kind of 

 terraces, and not those of the grand Ita- 

 lian st^d-e, which BroM'n destroyed, by en- 

 deavouring to restore the ground to its 

 original shape. 

 English He observed that nature, distorted by 



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great labour and expence, had lost its 

 power of pleasing with the loss of its no- 

 velty ; and that every place was now be- 

 come nearly alike. He saw that more 

 variety might be introduced by copying 

 „ nature, and by assisting her operations. 

 Under his guidance a total change in the 

 fashion of gardens took place; and as the 

 Dutch style had superseded the Italian, 

 so the English garden became the uni- 

 versal fashion. Under the great leader, 

 Brown, or rather those mIio patronized 

 his discovery, we were taught that nature 

 was to be our only model. He lived to 

 establish a fashion ii> gardening, which 



