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the middle of a large park or grass field, 

 it is become necessary to remove the 

 porter to the entrance of the park ; and 

 this is the origin of all that bad taste so 

 often displayed in the entrance of parks. 

 In some places it is a triumphal arch. Ridiculous 



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like a large hole in a wall; in another it Lodges. 

 is a wooden gate between two lofty piers, 

 attached to a rough park pale: but the 

 most common expedient is a pair of small 

 square boxes on each side of the gate, 

 making together one comfortless smoky 

 house of two rooms, separated by a gate 

 into the park. It is the gate, and not 

 the habitation of the man who keeps the 

 key, which requires to be marked with 

 importance; and if distinguished by ar- 

 chitectural embellishments, they should 

 partake of the style of the house, and an- 

 nounce its character: where (as at Stone- 

 lands) the entrance is the most obvious in 

 point of convenience, and is rather to 

 shew the beauties of situation than the 

 character of the place. A woodman's cot- 

 tage near the gate is qnite sufficient; and 

 if such a cottage is built in the style and 

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