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very much at top, you may imagine how 

 well they must have divided this long con- 

 tinued view. You will immediately per- 

 ceive, too, that the noble reach of the river 

 in the second distance, with the bridge, the 

 town, and the hills beyond, came in to the 

 right of the group ; and being separated by 

 it from the general view, formed quite a 

 picture. The composition was most perfect 

 from that window of the drawing-room ; 

 but from many of the other Windows, the 

 glitter of the water and of the buildings 

 On a fine evening like this, was seen between 

 the stems, and through the branches, in a 

 manner that would have enchanted you 

 with its brilliancy and variety. You too, 

 I know, would have admired the terrace 

 and the balustrade, with all their enrich- 

 ments; for this piece of grass, was a" gar- 

 den in the old Italian style ; arid there is 

 no saying what a value these rich and 

 strongly marked objects in the fore-ground, 

 gave to the soft colouring of the distance : 

 you would have been no less pleased with 

 the numberless gradations of tints, begin- 



