ON THE 



PICTURESQUE, &c. 



THERE is no country, I believe (if we 

 except China) where the art of laying out 

 grounds is so much cultivated as it now 

 is in England. Formerly the decorations 

 near the house were infinitely more mag- 

 nificent and expensive than they are at 

 present; but the embellishments of what 

 are called the grounds, and of all the exten- 

 sive scenery round the place, were much less 

 attended to; and, in general, the park, with 

 all its timber and thickets, was left in a 

 state of picturesque neglect. As these em- 



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