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all its turbulent paffions at reft. It gives a great infigh- 

 into the contrivance and wifdom of providence; and 

 fuggefts innumerable fubjefts for meditation. 



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Mr. HeKvey, in his Meditations, on return from a 

 walk, having entered the flower garden, and called it 

 a beautiful fpot, fays, " Mere nature always pleafing, 

 every where lovely, appears with peculiar attrafiions. 

 Yonder fhe feems dreffed in her defhabille ; grand, but 

 irregular. Here ihe calls in her hand-maid art ; and 

 Alines in all the delicate ornaments, that the niceft 

 cultivation can convey. Thofe are her common apart- 

 ments where fhe lodges her ordinary gueft s :- This is 

 her cabinet of curioftties, where fhe entertains her in- 

 timate acquaintance. My eye fhall often expatiate 

 over thofe fcenes of univerLl fertility : My feet fhall 

 fometimcs brufh through the thicket, or traverfe the 

 lawn, or ftroll along the foreft glac:e ; but to this de- 

 lightful retreat fhall be my chief refort. — Thither will 

 I make excurfions, but here will I dwell." 



On the Kitchen Garden Mr. H. observes, " Here 

 thofe celebrated qualities are eminently united, — the 

 utmoft fimplicity with the greateft neatnefs : none of 

 the productions afT^ft finery. If it be pleafing, to be- 

 hold their orderly Ctuations, and their modeft beauties ; 

 how delightful to confider the advantages they yield ! 

 What a fund of choice accommodations here ! What 

 a fource of wholefome dainties, and all for the enjoy- 

 ment of man! Not one fpecies of all this is a cum- 

 berer of the ground. Not a fingle plant but is good 

 for food, or fome way falutary. And with fo bene- 

 ficent an economy are the feveral periods of their 

 miniflration fettled, that no portion of the year is left 

 deftitute of fuch nourifhing efculents as are beft fuited 

 to the temperature of the air, and the ftate of our 

 bodies. — Oh ! why fhould the pofTeffor of fo valuable 

 a fpot envy the condition of kings ? Since he may 



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