. 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 .. . THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 305 to a convent at Rome, from whence Mr. Hoare purchaftdic. Oppofite the weft front of the houfe on the brow of a hill is awalk of a conliderable extent, on each fide of which are plantedrows of Scotch firs, and at the end of the walk is an obelifk onehundred and twenty feet high, being divided from the garden byan Ha-ha. Below this, nearer the bottom of the
. 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 .. . THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 305 to a convent at Rome, from whence Mr. Hoare purchaftdic. Oppofite the weft front of the houfe on the brow of a hill is awalk of a conliderable extent, on each fide of which are plantedrows of Scotch firs, and at the end of the walk is an obelifk onehundred and twenty feet high, being divided from the garden byan Ha-ha. Below this, nearer the bottom of the hill, are fe-veral walks, made by art, but fo contrived that they appear atfirft to be natural, having ftately trees growing near them, all asif planted in the moft irregular manner. But nothing fo muchcontributes to heighten the charms of this delightful place, as alarge piece of water at the bottom, where the family have apleafure boatj and over it is a pretty wooden bridge of one crofting this bridge we enter into a narrow path, whichleads to a grotto, cut out of a folid rock, and almoft as low asthe furface of the water. In this grotto is a cold bath, and overit a fleeping nymph covered with a
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