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admit of a bridge, which could be seen to advantage from the 

 house, so many pleasing sensations are connected with such an 

 object, that it should be constructed ; but with due regard to cha- 

 racter. 



Rock-work may be introduced into gardens, however small or 

 extensive ; but it should be confined to the picturesque part of them, 

 or be made to add to the effect of the wildest scenes of nature. 

 When relics of antiquity are introduced, they should be constructed 

 with the greatest judgment, so as to bear a character of truth ; any 

 attempt at deception, which a glance may discover, cannot be viewed 

 either with curiosity or pleasure. These erections should appear 

 to have some historical connexion. Ruins of ancient grandeur, if 

 constructed so as to be in accordance with their situations, become 

 objects of great importance to the grounds of an extensive domain, 

 as they afford subjects for contemplation ; and the scenery which 

 surrounds them should conspire to present a whole consistent with 

 taste. A painting gives more delight by expressing a fine imagi- 

 nation, than by the splendour of its execution or general effect ; 

 where the mind is gratified, the eye is delighted. 



A just taste for rural scenes is required to dispose rock-work to 

 advantage : pleasing, interesting, or picturesque objects, may be 

 formed upon shaded banks and precipices, especially where water, 

 or a cascade, can be introduced. 



