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" CLilty restore that sort of importance 

 " which was forinerly annexed to the 

 •' old Manor House, where the lord of old Manor 



House. 



" the soil resided among his tenants, not 

 " merely for the purpose of collecting 

 *' his rents, but to share the produce of 

 " his estates with his humble dependants, 

 " and where daily plenteous hospitalit}' 

 " was not sacrificed to the occasional 

 " ostentatious refinements of luxury and 

 *' parade." 



" It is not meant to condemn the im- 

 " provements in comfort or convenience 

 " enjoyed in modern society, or to leave 

 " unprovided for every accommodation 

 •' suited to the present habits of life, but 

 " to furnish the means of enjoying them 

 '' without departing from the ancient 

 " character of the place, by erecting or 

 '• restoring on the same identical spot, 

 " and in nearly a similar style, the Grange^ 

 " or old Manor House, which will not be 

 " found incongruous with the surround- 

 " ing scenery, when spread out and con- 

 " nected with all its appendages on the 



