. A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial .. . n the oppofite hill four grafs inclofures of a fine ver-dure are fkirted with trees, through the branches of which youfee frefh (hades of green j a pleafing contraft to the rocky won-ders of the precipice. From hence the wood excludes the view for fome diftance,till you turn on to a point with a feat called Adams bench j andas the rock here projects very much into the dale, it confe-
. A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial .. . n the oppofite hill four grafs inclofures of a fine ver-dure are fkirted with trees, through the branches of which youfee frefh (hades of green j a pleafing contraft to the rocky won-ders of the precipice. From hence the wood excludes the view for fome diftance,till you turn on to a point with a feat called Adams bench j andas the rock here projects very much into the dale, it confe-quently gives a full command of all the woody fteps you havepafled : and a very noble fcene it is. The range of hangingwood, almoft perpendicular from the lofty rocky points, downto the very water, is ftriking : the bare rocks in fome placesbulge out, but never without a fkirt of open wood ; the lightthrough branches fo growing from fuch lofty cliffs, has an effecltruly pifturefque. The immediate fhore on the other fide iswood, and higher up varied inclofures. On the whole, a noblerunion of wood and water is fcarcely to be imagined. Leavingthe precipice, a walk cut in the rock leads to the bottom, where is. UK mm m
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