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tion; and many tine speculations, even of practical men, that 

 cannot be introduced into practice without considerable dif- 

 ficulty. 



SECT. II. OF UNITING THE MANSION WITH THE GROUNDS 

 BY MEANS OF THE OFFICES, OR OTHER APPENDAGES. 



The immediate vicinity of the mansion is jointly the province 

 of ornamental gardening, picturesque improvement, and of ar- 

 chitecture. At present, what is called landscape gardening 

 occupies it wholly. That art is a professed attempt to restore 

 nature and landscape. Whether this is effected, is not the 

 business of the present inquiry. It is enough, in this place, to 

 know that it has been the aim of all her operations near the 

 mansion, where she has destroyed works of every kind profes- 

 sedly artificial, such as terraces, parapets, &c. An unprejudiced 

 observer of the works of nature, who has discovered the general 

 principles by which she unites her contrasts, and harmonizes 

 her compositions, will perceive the incongruity of placing ab- 

 ruptly, and without the least preparation or connexion, such a 

 strikingly artificial obj ect as a piece of architecture among others 

 so obviously different in every respect. In nature, we never see 

 a hill or mountain rise abruptly from its base, but always sur- 



