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more of the engineer than the painter ; for 

 they have so strong a resemblance to the 

 glacis of a fortification, that we might sup- 

 pose the shape had been given them, in 

 compliment to the first duke of Marlbo- 

 rough's campaigns in Flanders. 



The bank near the house which is oppo- 

 site to the wooded one, and which forms 

 part of the pleasure-ground, is extremely 

 well done ; for that required a high degree 

 of polish, and there the gardener was at 

 home. Without meaning to detract from 

 his real merit in that part, but at the same 

 time to reduce it to what appears to me 

 its just value, I must observe that two 

 things have contributed to give it a rich 

 effect at a distance, as well as a varied and 

 dressed look within itself. In the first 

 place, there were several old trees there 

 before he began his works ; and their high 

 and spreading tops, would unavoidably 

 prevent that dead flatness of outline, cet 

 air ecrase, which his own close, lumpy 

 plantations of trees always exhibit. In 



