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' ' cavity between the two hills on the sum- 

 *' mit of this beautiful mountain." ^ 

 Longnor. I shall couclude these examples by a 



remarkable circumstance of another house 

 being restored in the same style and cha- 

 racter on the original site. At the corner 

 of the old mansion of the Burtons at 

 Longnor, is a tomb erected over the body 

 of an ancestor of the present family, who 

 having early become a protestant, died 

 through excess of joy at the news of Queen 

 Elizabeth's accession to the throne, and 

 was refused burial in St. Chad's church at 

 Shrewsbury. On this tomb (though now 



P One of these hills, within a short walk from the 

 house, commands a view of a rich cultivated valley wind- 

 ing through this mountainous scene. Such a prospect 

 derives additional interest with the proprietor of an 

 estate, who must naturally feel the satisfaction of look- 

 ing upon hills and dales, and villages and farms, which 

 he may call his own 3 a satisfaction which, however it 

 may be ridiculed, the vanity of property and the pride 

 of possessions may innocently be gratified, when the 

 proprietor has humanity to reflect how far his influence 

 and benevolence may be extended over the prospect he 

 admires. 



