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from that which we feel in viewing a tree 

 in its untouched luxuriant state, bending 

 with the weight of its fruit ; or from a neg- 

 lected hedge with trees and bushes of vari- 

 ous heights, and overgrown with ivy and 

 woodbine. The fact is, that neatness and 

 regularity are so connected with the habi- 

 tation of man, that they almost always 

 please on a small scale, and where that con- 

 nection is immediate : especially when they 

 are contrasted with what is wild and luxu- 

 riant, without being slovenly. A hedge that 

 lias been so carefully and regularly trained 

 and sheared as to be of equal thickness from 

 top to bottom, givefc pleasure also, from its 

 answering so perfectly the end for which it 

 was designed : on the other hand, where 

 there is a wall, climbing plants may be 

 allowed to spread over it in all their lux-, 

 uriancy ; for they adorn, without injuring 

 it as a fence. 



The building which gives most conse- 

 quence t o a village, and distinguishes it from, 

 £ mere hamlet, is the church.. That forms 

 its most conspicuous feature at a, distance* 



