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rock. It will hardly be said that it was for 

 want of proper models in nature, or the 

 power of imitating them, that such cascades 

 were made, when we recollect the nearness 

 of Tivoli to Rome ; and that the age of 

 Bernini, was that of Gaspar, Claude, and 

 Poussin. From all these considerations it 

 appears to me, that in the old gardens art 

 was meant to be apparent, and to challenge 

 admiration on its own account, not under 

 the disguise of nature ; that richness, effect, 

 and agreement with the surrounding arti- 

 ficial objects, were what the planners and 

 decorators of those gardens aimed at. In 

 that light, fountains with sculpture, are the 

 most proper, as well as the most splendid 

 ornaments of such scenery. 



But although the full effects of fountains 

 can only be displayed on a large scale, yet 

 I believe that in all highly dressed parts, 

 whatever be the scale, water may be intro- 

 duced with more propriety in the style of 

 an upright fountain, than, perhaps, in any 

 other way. It would, for instance, be ex- 

 tremely difficult in a flower-garden, to give 



