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connect well with the several apartments 

 to which it ought to lead, it will then be 

 defective in point of convenience: so it 

 is with respect to an Approach; it ought 

 to be convenient, interesting, and in strict 

 harmony with the character and situation 

 of the mansion to which it belongs. 



In this country there will I hope for 

 ever exist different orders and degrees 

 in society, which must often depend on 

 the proportion of property either inhe- 

 rited or acquired by difterent individuals; 

 and so long as such distinctions remain, 

 it will be proper that the residence of 

 each be marked by such distinct charac- 

 ters, as may not be easily mistaken. Before 

 the introduction of modern gardening 

 there always existed a marked difference 

 betwixt the residence of the landlord and 

 that of his tenant ; not only in the size and 

 style of the house itself, but in that also 

 of the land immediately adjoining. 

 . . , Theimportance of the mansion was sup- 



Approaches p^^^gj ]jy ^ display of convenience rather 

 than of beauty ; and thus the hall-house (as 

 it was called in many counties), was dis- 



