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where the statues and cypresses were. The 

 trees I am speaking of, were towards the 

 end of that garden, a little to the left ; 

 they were cut down two years ago ; and I 

 who have known them for these forty years, 

 and often sat under their shade, exceed- 

 ingly regret them: it maybe prejudice; 

 but I declare I do not tnink the view looks 

 so well, now they are away, though one 

 sees a greater expanse of country. The 

 terras, too, and the old garden — the sta- 

 tues, and all the fine ornaments, are gone ; 

 and yet, in my judgment, they suited the 

 stately old mansion : they were, Mr. Ha- 

 milton, the " veterum decora alta paren- 

 tum and put one in mind of the magni- 

 ficence of ancient times. The river, too, 

 is very much widened, and as they say 

 improved: you, perhaps, will think me 

 an old-fashioned fellow, and fond of evefy 

 thing I remember in my youth ; but, for 

 my part, I liked It better, when, though 

 smaller, it had its own natural wooded 

 bank, like the little brook behind my 

 house, that you all seemed so much pleas- 



