,,the ,,augustan ,,reprint ,,society ,,william ,,gilpin ,a ,,dialogue ,,upon ,,the ,,gardens ,,of ,,the ,,right ,,honourable ,,the ,lord ,viscount ,,cobham ,,at ,,stow ,,in ,,buckinghamshire 7#agdh7 ,introduction by ,,john ,,dixon ,,hunt ,,publication ,,number #agf ,,william ,,andrews ,,clark ,,memorial ,,library ,,university ,,of ,,california1 ,,los ,,angeles #aigf ,,general ,,editors ,william ,e4 ,conway1 ,william ,andrews ,clark ,memorial ,library ,george ,robert ,guffey1 ,university of ,california1 ,los ,angeles ,maximillian ,e4 ,novak1 ,university of ,california1 ,los ,angeles ,david ,s4 ,rodes1 ,university of ,california1 ,los ,angeles ,,advisory ,,editors ,james ,l4 ,clifford1 ,columbia ,university ,ralph ,cohen1 ,university of ,virginia ,vinton ,a4 ,dearing1 ,university of ,california1 ,los ,angeles ,arthur ,friedman1 ,university of ,chicago ,louis ,a4 ,landa1 ,princeton ,university ,earl ,miner1 ,princeton ,university ,samuel ,h4 ,monk1 ,university of ,minnesota ,everett ,t4 ,moore1 ,university of ,california1 ,los ,angeles ,lawrence ,clark ,powell1 ,william ,andrews ,clark ,memorial ,library ,james ,sutherland1 ,university ,college1 ,london ,h4 ,t4 ,swedenberg1 ,jr41 ,university of ,california1 ,los ,angeles ,robert ,vosper1 ,william ,andrews ,clark ,memorial ,library ,,corresponding ,,secretary ,beverly ,j4 ,onley1 ,william ,andrews ,clark ,memorial ,library ,,introduction ,stowe is certainly the most documented of all ,english ,augustan gardens1#a and ,william ,gilpin's ,dialogue probably one of the most important accounts of it4 ,he was at ,stowe in #agdg and published his record of that visit anonymously the following year4#b ,the ,dialogue reached a second edition1 with some slight alterations in the text1 in #agdi and a third in #agea1 when the dialogue was transformed into narrative4 ,the ,dialogue recommends itself both to the historian of the ,english landscape movement1 in which ,stowe was a prime exhibit1 and to the student of the later vogue for the picturesque1 in which ,gilpin was a major participant4 ,his account of ,cobham's gardens illuminates some of the connections between the cult of the picturesque that ,gilpin fostered with his publications of the #aghjs and the earlier eighteenth-century invocation of pictures in gardens4 ,perhaps in no other art form were the tensions and transformations in the arts more conspicuous than in landscape gardening4 ,gilpin is especially rewarding in his instinctive attention to these shifting patterns2 although the dialogue form is not very skillfully handled1 it yet allows some play between the rival attitudes4 ,thus his characters attend to both the emblematic and the expressive garden2#c to both its celebration of public worth and its commendation of private virtue4 ,while ,gilpin seems sufficiently and indeed sharply aware of set-piece views in the gardens1 the three-dimensional pictures contrived among the natural and architectural features1 he also reveals himself as sensitive towards the more fluid psychological patterns1 what one might term the kinema of landscape response4 ,above all1 his obvious delight in the landscape garden and appreciation of it vie with an equally strong admiration for scenery outside gardens altogether4 ,at the time of ,gilpin's visit1 ,lord ,cobham's gardens were substantially as they are represented in the engravings published in #agci by the widow of ,charles ,bridgeman1 one of ,stowe's designers4 ,in the year of ,gilpin's visit work had just started in the northeast part of the grounds upon the natural glade that came to be known as the ,grecian ,valley4#d ,whether it is the work of ,lancelot 7,capability7 ,brown1 who was then a gardener at ,stowe1 or only prophetic of it1 the ,grecian ,valley was a hint of the less architectural1 the more carefully natural gardens of the next decades4 ,although ,gilpin would presumably have seen little of this most advanced example of gardening style1 he would still have observed what were1 in the terms customarily invoked1 formal and informal ingredients at ,stowe4 ,from the ,rotunda1 for example1 he looked over the 7now vanished7 ,queen's ,pool1 laid out with all the ,decorations of ,art 7p4 #ae71 including the oblong canal itself and various statues2 the first body of water encountered beside the ,lake ,pavillions 7p4 #d7 was octagonally shaped and bore an obelisk at its centre4 ,yet elsewhere there was frequent occasion to praise prospects that obviously seemed much less artificial4 ,if there is any distinction between the two participants in the ,dialogue1 it is certainly between the one's taste for the evidence of art and the other's penchant for natural beauties4 ,if their opposition is not very conspicuously maintained by ,gilpin1 it is surely because his own loyalties were divided and were to be reconciled only with some subtlety and ingenuity later in his career4 ,callophilus1 who cites ,pope's balanced instructions on the mixture of art and nature 7p4 #bf71 is more inclined to appreciate these elements in the garden where ,nature's defective compositions have been improved2 the love of beauty that his name announces is of beauty methodized1 though without exceeding a probable ,nature 7p4 #f74 ,on the other hand1 his enthusiastic companion1 ,polypthon1 directs his eponymous ill-will mostly against the decorations of art3 the hewn ,stone of ,dido's ,cave particularly offends him 7p4 #ad71 and he cannot very much admire the canal below the ,rotunda 7p4 #ae74 ,yet he seems to share ,callophilus' notions about mending nature 7p4 #bc71 and it is he who proposes a landscape that1 substituting farm-houses for temples 7p4 #de71 approximates most clearly to that prettiest of eighteenth-century landscape ideas1 the ferme ornee4 ,polypthon's predilection for scenery outside gardens seems equally compromised by his ready assent to ,callophilus' praise of the carefully studied contrasts in ,stowe gardens3 so that he may turn from the less agreeable vista down the ,queen's ,pool and look instead over ,home ,park1 earlier noted for its rural scene 7p4 #h71 and now admired as a natural field--though the cattle prominent in ,rigaud's drawings#e are not mentioned4 ,but what is artless for ,polypthon is studied by his companion in terms of art3 the ,field is formed by that ,semi-circle of ,trees into a very grand ,theatre 7p4 #ae1 my italics71 and his eye registers an architectural feature--,vanbrugh's ,pyramid--as the apt centre of that field of vision4 ,this particular exchange at the ,rotunda suggests that the usual modern discussion of landscape gardens in terms of their diminishing formality or escalating informality is less ,gilpin's concern than the mind's involvement with the various landscapes4 ,callophilus and ,polypthon can apparently both contemplate the same scene from the ,rotunda1 southwest towards ,kent's ,temple of ,venus and ,vanbrugh's ,pyramid1 yet adjudge its artifice differently4 ,what is evidently at work in ,gilpin's record of this garden is the mental experience of it1 and in his case the ambiguities of his visual response4 ,the complicated geometry that began on ,bridgeman's drawing board#f and then was transferred to shape the grounds is certainly a survival of the old-fashioned ,french style in gardens4 ,its presence is registered by ,gilpin1 who allows ,callophilus to note how the ,gibbs building1 like many other objects at ,stowe designed to be seen along a variety of axes1 has its ,use 444 in several ,prospects 7p4 #h74 ,but the psychology of the viewer has at least equal weight in ,gilpin with the many-faceted object viewed from different positions4#g ,and in those circumstances the presence of formal or informal designs upon the ground or the drawing-board matters less than the variety of objects and scenes within a garden and even1 as at the ,rotunda1 the variety of viewpoint and interpretation within one vista4 ,variety had1 of course1 always been essential to the ,english garden and is a special feature of ,stowe1 as ,pope implies in the ,epistle to ,burlington and as the writer of the appendix to ,defoe's ,tour of #agdb explicitly stated4#h ,what we have in ,gilpin's ,dialogue is both valuable evidence of response to garden structures1 the visitor's rather than the designer's or client's account1 and some hints of how the idea of variety1 itself a painterly term1 presented itself to ,gilpin in the days before his picturesque tours4 ,gilpin's path through the gardens at ,stowe is recorded in the ,dialogue as a journal of the mind's responses3 the ,advertisement 7p4 iv7 prepares the reader for this with its insistence upon the role memory has played in its composition4 ,the varieties of mental experience are sometimes registered by the dialogue form2 more often the two visitors share responses which correspond to the changes of ,stowe's scenes4 ,this is most amusingly illustrated by the impertinent ,hedge that suddenly blocks their view 7p4 #aa72 ,callophilus' ingenious explanation1 a curious parallel to ,sterne's blank page in ,tristram ,shandy1 is that thereby the visitor's ,attention is kept awake 7p4 #ab74 ,more strenuous is their intellectual involvement with the monuments1 statues1 and inscriptions in the ,elysian ,fields 7pp4 #ai;ff71 emblems that provoke in ,callophilus a ,variety of grand ,ideas 7p4 #bi74 ,yet1 as the text of the third edition makes precisely clear 7p4 #aa71 in face of the same objects his companion is more fascinated than he with the formal elements of an art--contrasts in landscape textures1 style of inscriptions 7p4 #cj71 or unadmirable workmanship in bas-reliefs 7p4 #cg74 ,the ,subjects for 444 ,rapsody 7p4 #cj7 that ,polypthon mocks were an essential aspect of any ,augustan garden1 and six pages later they divert even ,polypthon himself into moralizing4 ,but his stronger inclination is to ignore the iconographical problems of the ,saxon busts 7p4 #dd7 and gaze into the ,country where his companion solicitously directs his attention to the elegant woods 7p4 #de74 ,the ,dialogue allows these and related distinctions to emerge1 even though it does not grapple with their implications4 ,as ,callophilus explains1 there should be a grand terrace for strangers1 and the shade of a close vista for friends 7p4 #ca74 ,stowe provided both1 just as it catered to the propensity for retirement--the ,hermitage1 the ,temple of ,friendship1 or the ,temple of ,sleep--as well as for the obligations of public life--the ,temple of ,british ,worthies1 the gothic ,temple of ,liberty4 ,the most emblematic items in the gardens1 upon which ,callophilus predictably expatiates because they were designed to be easily read1 are in the public places1 where they firmly control the visitors' mental reactions and leave less scope for the private and enthusiastic reveries of ,polypthon4 ,it is a fair assumption that most visitors to the ,temples of ,liberty or ,ancient and ,modern ,virtue would have understood their meanings just as ,callophilus did 7pp4 #dj and #ai-ba74 ,but the aesthetic taste of ,polypthon for the forms and shapes rather than the meanings of landscape betrays a potential for less controlled and more private rhapsodies4 ,his quest after beautiful ,objects 7p4 #bd7 takes him as much to the northern parts of ,great ,britain as to gardens like ,stowe1 and is obviously prophetic of ,gilpin's own picturesque travels4 ,like ,warton's ,enthusiast or the ,lover of ,nature 7#agdj71 ,polypthon rejects gardens deck'd with art's vain pomps4 ,this is because he is fascinated with the more radical landscapes of solely formal elements--the serpentine windings of the river at ,stirling 7p4 #dd7 or what has been called the abstract garden#i that comes to fruition only in the decades after ,gilpin's visit under the management of ,capability ,brown4 ,but the fact that ,polypthon finds sufficient abstract patterns to engage his attention at ,stowe suggests that the ,brownian mode was already latent among the richnesses of the ,buckinghamshire gardens4 ,the rejection of ,stowe by ,polypthon as by ,warton also signals their desire to indulge the enthusiastic fit4 ,his very first reaction upon arrival at ,stowe is an ,exclamation that expresses his expectations of aesthetic delight 7p4 #b74 ,although his companion is equally susceptible and is accused by ,polypthon of being an ,enthusiast 7p4 #di7 and in the third edition of the ,dialogue 7p4 #ab7 determines himself to indulge the thrilling ,transport1 it seems to be ,polypthon whom ,gilpin intends to characterize by expressive as opposed to explanatory outbursts as they proceed round the gardens4 ,and it is he who concludes their visit 7p4 #eh7 with a catalogue of the various human moods for which the gardens cater1 rather more extravagant in its expressive fervour than ,callophilus' traditional identification of the passions on faces of other visitors 7p4 #ea74 ,gilpin's attention to his characters' intellectual and emotional reactions illuminates the roles of poetry and painting that have always been associated with the rise of the ,english landscape garden4#aj ,if ,milton's description of the ,garden of ,eden1 so frequently invoked by eighteenth-century gardenists1 implied an informal structure for designers to emulate1 it equally encouraged associationist activity in gardens4 ,the visual reminders of literary texts at ,stowe--,il ,pastor ,fido 7pp4 #b;ff7 or ,spenser 7pp4 #f-g7--which are sometimes accompanied by inscriptions which articulate the dumb poetry of the decorations 7e4g41 p4 #ac7 serve mainly to provoke the imagination of visitors4 ,sometimes1 as at the ,hermitage1 ,stowe's designers force specific associations upon the mind2 elsewhere they are content to manipulate the feelings in such a way as to stimulate merely general fancies to which the visitor himself must put whatever name he wishes4 ,it is consistent with ,gilpin's attempt to identify ,polypthon with the less public aspects of ,stowe that it is he who twice formulates his own responses to a scene3 the quotations from ,milton 7pp4 #aj and #eb-c7 may both describe the formal features of landscape1 but they are also expressive of his emotional reactions4 ,pictures1 too1 provided associationist focus when recalled in a garden3 the most obvious instance being the probable allusion to ,claude at ,stourhead4#aa ,yet the actual influence of pictures on landscape gardens has been generally exaggerated4#ab ,where they were perhaps a force seems to have been in articulating the mental and emotional reaction of visitors4 ,when ,walpole praises ,william ,kent for realizing in gardens the compositions of the greatest masters in painting1#ac ,i suspect that he is in part rationalizing his own associationalist instinct1 when at ,hagley he was reminded of ,sadeler's prints or of the ,samaritan woman in a picture by ,nicolas ,poussin4 ,allusions to pictures were a means of focusing evanescent mood4 ,gilpin1 too1 organizes his characters' responses in pictorial focus4 ,the ,advertisement again alerts the reader to these studied painterly aims4 ,once inside the gardens ,callophilus sees pictures everywhere3 variously disposed objects make a most delightful ,picture 7p4 #ad71 while on at least three occasions in the first half-dozen pages the ruins1 prospects1 and ,claro-obscuro of trees are discussed in terms that suggest how his habits of vision have been educated in front of painted or engraved landscapes which in their turn are recalled to provide a suitable vocabulary for his experiences4#ad ,even ,polypthon invokes the syntax of painting 7pp4 #be and #da7 to formulate his reactions to scenery4 ,it is in these painterly preconceptions of the characters and in ,polypthon's account of ,scottish scenery 7pp4 #bc-d7 that hints of ,gilpin's later career are announced3 the second edition of the ,dialogue even talks of his ,observations on ,stowe1 a term that became a standard ingredient in the titles of his picturesque tours4 ,the education of sight by the study of paintings and prints was clarified and expounded in the ,essay on ,prints1 written at least by #ageh and published ten years later4 ,the picturesque tours themselves were started in the #aggjs and published from #aghb onwards4 ,in them ,gilpin refines and enlarges upon the methods and ideas of his ,stowe ,dialogue4 ,the adjudication between a taste for natural beauties 7what his ,three ,essays term the correct knowledge of objects7#ae and the inclination to adjust them according to painterly criteria 7in #agib termed scenes of fancy7 is more sophisticated and consistent4 ,he still delights in the variety of a landscape2 but the roughness that ,stowe only occasionally allowed becomes one of his guiding rules in appraising scenery4 ,perhaps the most significant items in the ,dialogue for readers of ,gilpin's later writings will be his psychological emphasis and his attention to verbal and visual associations4 ,although his picturesque tours never entirely neglected the topographical obligation to describe actual localities1 it is increasingly an imaginative response to landscape that is his concern4#af ,in the ,dialogue he explained how a good imagination will improve upon the sight of a grand object1 just as ,burke a few years later was to discuss the essential vagueness of the sublime and its appeal to the private sensibility4 ,polypthon's reactions at ,stowe suggest something of this potential in contradistinction to ,callophilus' ability to read the message of each temple or vista4 ,what ,gilpin displays in #agdh is more intricately adumbrated in the ,three ,essays of #agib3 a scene may strike us beyond the power of thought 444 and every mental operation is suspended4 ,in this pause of intellect1 this deliquirium of the soul1 an enthusiastic sensation of pleasure over spreads it 4444#ag ,as the final pages of ,dialogue suggest1 that experience was also available in the gardens of ,stowe4 ,but the more mature imagination in ,gilpin is tempted simultaneously in two directions1 which perhaps explains why one contemporary was moved to commend the published tours for being the ,ne plus ultra of the pen and pencil united4#ah ,at ,stowe he is attentive to the expressive potential of scenery and its associations 7,the ,eye naturally loves ,liberty p4 #ed71 which are best expounded in the written commentary4 ,but he also delights in the shapes and forms of scenery1 the abstract qualities of the ,stowe landscape that please the eye rather than the mind's eye4 ,these are best recorded in his watercolours and the illustrations which become a main feature of his later books4 ,bedford ,college ,university of ,london ,,notes ,,to ,,the ,,introduction #a ,before #agec there was no guide to any ,english garden except ,stowe2 by then the ,stowe guidebook had gone through sixteen editions 7one in ,french7 plus two pirated editions1 the ,dialogue itself which mentions the guidebook on p4 #ag1 and two sets of engraved views4 ,for a modern account of ,stowe see ,christopher ,hussey1 ,english ,gardens and ,landscapes1 #agjj-agej 7,london3 ,country ,life1 #aifg71 pp4 #hi-aac4 ,as a companion piece to this facsimile of ,dialogue1 ,,ars plans to publish in its #aigf-gg series a facsimile of the ,beauties of ,stowe 7#agej71 with an introduction by ,george ,clarke4 #b ,gilpin's authorship is argued by ,william ,d4 ,templeman1 ,the ,life and ,works of ,william ,gilpin 7#agbd-ahjd71 ,illinois ,studies in ,language and ,literature1 ,,xxiv4 #c-d 7,urbana1 #aici71 pp4 #cd-e4 #c ,the distinction is made by ,thomas ,whately1 ,observations on ,modern ,gardening1 #eth ed4 7,london1 #agic71 pp4 #aed-e4 #d ,the ,grecian ,valley is seen first on ,bickham's engraved plan of #agec4 ,this and other plans of ,stowe are reproduced by ,george ,clarke1 ,the ,gardens of ,stowe1 ,apollo 7,june1 #aigc71 pp4 #eeh-fe4 #e ,see ,peter ,willis1 ,jacques ,rigaud's ,drawings of ,stowe in the ,metropolitan ,museum of ,art1 ,eighteenth-,century ,studies1 #f 7#aigb71 #he-ih4 #f ,see ,george ,clarke1 op4 cit41 p4 #efj4 #g ,on this topic see two essays by ,ronald ,paulson3 ,hogarth and the ,english garden3 visual and verbal structures1 ,encounters1 ,essays on ,literature and the ,visual ,arts1 ed4 ,john ,dixon ,hunt 7,london3 ,studio ,vista1 #aiga71 and ,the ,pictorial ,circuit and related structures in eighteenth-century ,england1 ,the ,varied ,pattern1 ed4 ,peter ,hughes and ,david ,williams 7,toronto3 ,hakkert1 #aiga74 #h ,there is more ,variety in this ,garden1 than can be found in any other of the same ,size in ,england1 or perhaps in ,europe 7p4 #bij74 #i ,derek ,clifford1 ,a ,history of ,garden ,design 7,london3 ,faber1 #aifb71 pp4 #ach-i4 #aj ,poetry1 ,painting1 and ,gardening1 or the ,science of ,landscape1 will forever by men of taste be deemed ,three ,sisters1 or the ,three ,new ,graces who dress and adorn nature3 ,,ms4 annotation to ,william ,mason's ,satirical ,poems1 published in an edition of the relevant poems by ,paget ,toynbee 7,oxford3 ,clarendon1 #aibf71 p4 #dc4 ,for an anthology of similar comments see ,the ,genius of the ,place3 ,the ,english ,landscape ,garden #afbj-ahbj1 ed4 ,john ,dixon ,hunt and ,peter ,willis 7,london3 ,elek1 #aige74 #aa ,see ,kenneth ,woodbridge1 ,landscape and ,antiquity 7,oxford3 ,oxford ,univ4 ,press1 #aigj71 plates #b;a1 #b;b1 and #c4 #ab ,on this see ,derek ,clifford1 op4 cit41 pp4 #adj and #aeh4 #ac ,i4 ,w4 ,u4 ,chase1 ,horace ,walpole3 ,gardenist4 ,an edition of ,walpole's ',the ,history of the ,modern ,taste in ,gardening' with an estimate of ,walpole's contribution to landscape architecture 7,princeton3 ,princeton ,univ4 ,press1 #aidc71 p4 #bf4 #ad ,this is an apt example of the psychological theory of sight proposed by ,e4 ,h4 ,gombrich1 ,art and ,illusion 7,new ,york3 ,pantheon1 #aifa74 #ae ,three ,essays3 ,on ,picturesque ,beauty2 on ,picturesque ,travel2 and on ,sketching ,landscape 7,london1 #agib71 p4 #di4 #af ,carl ,paul ,barbier1 ,william ,gilpin1 ,his ,drawings1 ,teaching and ,theory of the ,picturesque 7,oxford3 ,oxford ,univ4 ,press1 #aifc71 pp4 #ga1 #ajf and #aci4 #ag ,op4 cit41 p4 #di4 #ah ,cited by ,templeman1 op4 cit41 p4 #bbh4 ,,bibliographical ,,note ,the facsimile of ,william ,gilpin's ,a ,dialogue ,upon ,the ,gardens 444 ,at ,stow 7#agdh7 is reproduced from a copy 7,shelf ,mark3 #egg4;e4#bfc7 in the ,british ,library4 ,the total type-page 7p4 #g7 measures #aef x #id mm4 ,a ,,dialogue ,,upon ,,the ,,gardens ,,of ,,the ,,right ,,honourable ,,the ,,lord ,,viscount ,,cobham1 ,,at ,,stow in ,,buckinghamshire4 ,here ,order in ,variety we see1 ,where all ,things differ1 yet where all agree4 ,mr4 ,,pope4 ,illustration ,,london3 ,printed for ,b4 ,,seeley1 ,bookseller in ,buckingham1 and ,sold by ,j4 and ,j4 ,,rivington1 in ,st4 ,paul's ,church-,yard4 ,m ,,dcc ,,xlviii4 ,price ,one ,shilling4 ,,the ,,advertisement4 ,we read of a great ,prince of ,antiquity1 who would suffer his ,portrait to be taken only by the greatest ,artist4 ,and he thought justly without question3 ,a great ,object ought ever to be handled by a great ,master4 ,but yet ,i am apt to think that if ,apelles had not offered his ,service1 the ,monarch1 rather than have had his ,form unknown to ,posterity1 would have been glad to have employed some meaner ,hand4----,if ,stow had been as fortunate in this ,particular as ,alexander1 ,i need not now have taken up my ,pencil3 ,but as this charming ,landskip is yet untouched by a ,titian1 or a ,poussin1 a mere ,bungler has been tempted to venture upon it4 ,but in ,excuse for the ,meaning of the ,performance it may be said1 that it is not designed to be considered as a finished ,piece3 ,this ,view was not taken upon the ,spot1 as it ought to have been1 but only from my ,memory and a few loose ,scratches2 if the ,public therefore will call it only a rough ,draught1 or at best a coloured ,sketch1 my ,ambition will be fully satisfied4 ,the ,curious therefore must purchase it rather from their necessity than its ,merit2 as they do meaner ,engravings of the ,cartoons1 where ,dorigny's are not to be had3 ',tis true1 ,gentlemen1 says the ,print-seller1 they are far from being good1 but take my ,word for it1 you will meet with no better4 ,a ,,dialogue ,,upon ,,the ,,gardens of the ,right ,honourable the ,lord ,viscount ,,cobham1 c4 ,polypthon was a ,gentleman engaged in a way of ,life1 that excused him two ,months in the ,year from ,business2 which ,time he used generally to spend in visiting what was curious in the several ,counties around him4 ,as he had long promised his ,friend ,callophilus to pass away his ,vacancy1 at some time or other1 in ,buckinghamshire1 he determined upon it this ,year2 and accordingly paid him a ,visit at 99 99 994 ,stow was one of the first ,places where his ,curiosity carried him2 and indeed he had scarce got his ,foot within the ,garden-door1 before he broke out into the following ,exclamation4 ,why1 here is a ,view that gives me a kind of ,earnest of what my ,expectation is raised to6 ,it is a very fine one indeed 7replied ,callophilus37 ,i do not wonder it should catch your ,sight3 ,the old ,ruin upon the left of the ,canal1 the ,opening to the ,pyramid1 the ,view towards the ,house1 the ,river1 the beautiful ,disposition of the ,trees on the other side of it1 and that venerable old ,temple1 make a fine ,variety of ,objects4 ,but your ,eye is so taken up with ,views at a distance1 that you neglect something here at hand very well worth your notice4 ,what do you think of these two ,pavilions8 ,polypth4 ,why really they are light1 genteel ,buildings enough4 ,i like these rough ,paintings too2 they are done in a very free1 masterly ,manner4 ,pray1 ,sir1 do you know the ,stories8 ,calloph4 ,they are both taken from ,pastor ,fido2 the disconsolate ,nymph there1 poor ,dorinda1 had long been in love with ,sylvio1 a wild ,hunter1 of barbarous ,manners1 in whose ,breast she had no reason to believe she had raised an answering ,passion4 ,as she was roving in the ,woods1 she accidentally met his ,dog1 and saw her beloved ,hunter himself at a distance hollowing1 and running after it4 ,she immediately calls the ,hound to her1 and hides it amongst the ,bushes4 ,sylvio comes up to her1 and enquires very eagerly after his ,dog3 ,the poor ,nymph puts him off1 and tries all her ,art to inspire him with ,love1 but to no purpose2 the cold ,youth was quite insensible1 and his ,thoughts could admit no other ,object but his ,dog4 ,almost despairing1 she at length hopes to bribe his ,affections1 and lets him know she has his ,dog1 which she will return if he will promise to love her1 and give her a ,kiss2 ,sylvio is overjoyed at the ,proposal1 and promises to give her ten thousand ,kisses4 ,dorinda upon this brings the ,dog3 but alas6 see there the ,success of all her ,pains3 the ,youth transported at the ,sight of his ,dog1 throws his ,arms round its ,neck1 and lavishes upon it those ,kisses and ,endearments1 in the very ,sight of the poor afflicted ,lady1 which she had been flattering herself would have fallen to her share4--,on this other ,wall ,disdain and ,love have taken different ,sides2 the ,youth is warm1 and the ,nymph is coy3 ,poor ,myrtillo had long loved ,amarillis2 the ,lady was engaged to another1 and rejected his ,passion4 ,gladly would he only have spoke his ,grief1 but the cruel fair ,one absolutely forbid him her ,presence4 ,at length a ,scheme was laid by ,corisca1 the young ,lover's ,confidant1 which was to gain him ,admission into his dear ,amarillis's ,company4 ,the ,lady is enticed into the ,fields with some of ,corisca's ,companions1 7who were let into the ,plot7 to play at ,blindman's ,buff1 where ,myrtillo was to surprize her4 ,see there he stands hesitating what use to make of so favourable an ,opportunity1 which ,love has put into his ,hands4----,if you have satisfied your ,curiosity here1 let us walk towards the ,temple of ,venus4 ,but hold3 we had better first go down towards that ,wilderness1 and take a ,view of the ,lake4 ,polypth4 ,upon my ,word here is a noble ,piece of ,water6 ,calloph4 ,not many ,years ago ,i remember it only a ,marsh3 it surprized me prodigiously when ,i first saw it floated in this manner with a ,lake4 ,observe1 pray1 what a fine ,effect that old ,ruin has at the ,head of it3 ,its ,ornaments too1 the ,cascade1 the ,trees and ,shrubs1 half concealing1 and half discovering the ragged ,view1 and the ,obelisk rising beyond if1 are ,objects happily disposed4 ,polypth4 ,yes1 indeed1 ,i think the ,ruin a great ,addition to the ,beauty of the ,lake4 ,there is something so vastly picturesque1 and pleasing to the ,imagination in such ,objects1 that they are a great ,addition to every ,landskip4 ,and yet perhaps it would be hard to assign a reason1 why we are more taken with ,prospects of this ruinous kind1 than with ,views of ,plenty and ,prosperity in their greatest ,perfection3 ,benevolence and ,good-nature1 methinks1 are more concerned in the latter kind4 ,calloph4 ,yes3 but cannot you make a distinction between natural and moral ,beauties8 ,our social ,affections undoubtedly find their ,enjoyment the most compleat when they contemplate1 a ,country smiling in the midst of ,plenty1 where ,houses are well-built1 ,plantations regular1 and every thing the most commodious and useful4 ,but such ,regularity and ,exactness excites no manner of ,pleasure in the ,imagination1 unless they are made use of to contrast with something of an opposite kind4 ,the ,fancy is struck by ,nature alone2 and if ,art does any thing more than improve her1 we think she grows impertinent1 and wish she had left off a little sooner4 ,thus a regular ,building perhaps gives us very little pleasure2 and yet a fine ,rock1 beautifully set off in ,claro-obscuro1 and garnished with flourishing ,bushes1 ,ivy1 and dead ,branches1 may afford us a great deal2 and a ragged ,ruin1 with venerable old ,oaks1 and ,pines nodding over it1 may perhaps please the ,fancy yet more than either of the other two ,objects4--,yon old ,hermitage1 situated in the midst of this delightful ,wilderness1 has an exceeding good ,effect3 it is of the romantick ,kind2 and ,beauties of this sort1 where a probable ,nature is not exceeded1 are generally pleasing4----,this ,opening will lead us again into the ,terrace4----,that large ,building1 the ,inscription lets you see1 is a ,temple dedicated to ,venus4 ,polypth4 ,upon my ,word a ,master has been at work here6 ,i cannot say ,i have met with any modern ,touching1 this long time1 that has pleased me better4 ,i see very little to be cavilled at1 with regard either to the ,design1 ,colouring1 or ,drawing4 ,these ,stories are taken from the ,fairy-,queen ,i dare say2 they look like ,spencer's ,ideas4 ,calloph4 ,yes3 that ,lady is the fair ,hellinore1 who having left a disagreeable ,husband1 and wandering in the ,woods1 was met by the polite ,sett of ,gentry she is dancing with3 ,she likes their ,manner of ,life1 and resolves to enjoy it with them4 ,her old ,spouse ,malbecco is inconsolable for his ,loss3 he wanders many ,days in search of her1 and at length finds her 7you see him at a distance peeping from behind a ,tree7 revelling with a beastly ,herd of ,satyrs4 ,when the ,evening comes on1 he follows the ,company to their ,retirement1 takes a commodious stand1 and to his great ,torment sees every thing that passes among them4 ,after they were all laid asleep1 he creeps gently to his ,lady1 and you see him in the other ,painting offering to be reconciled to her again1 if she will return back with him4 ,but ,hellinore threatens to awake the ,satyrs1 and get him severely handled if he does not immediately leave her4 ,upon which the poor ,cuckold is obliged to fly1 and soon after runs distracted4 ,polypth4 ,this loose ,story1 these luxurious ,couches1 and the ,embellishments round the ,walls1 give the ,place quite a ,cyprian ,air1 and make it a very proper ,retreat for its incontinent ,inhabitant upon the ,roof4----,but let us move forward towards yon cubico-pyramidical ,building4 ,it looks like a mighty substantial one3 ,i fancy it is ,sir ,john's2 he is generally pretty liberal of his ,stone4 ,however1 it terminates this ,terrace extremely well3 the ,ascent up to it too has a good ,effect4----,pray1 do you know what that ,field there1 upon the right1 is to be improved into8 ,calloph4 ,i am surprized the ,beauty of it1 in its present ,form1 does not strike you at first sight4 ,it is designed1 like a ,glass of ,bitters before ,dinner1 to quicken your ,appetite for the elegant ,entertainment that is to follow4 ,for my part1 ,i assure you1 ,i find it a very great ,relief to my ,eye1 to take it from these grand ,objects1 and cast it for a few ,minutes upon such a rural ,scene as this4 ,do not you think that ,haycock contrasts extremely well with this ,temple8 ,such ,oppositions1 in my ,opinion1 are highly pleasing4----,that ,building there is called1 ,the ,belvidere4 ,whatever you may think of it1 from this ,stand1 it has its ,use1 ,i assure you1 in several ,prospects in the ,gardens4----,there is a very good ,copy of the ,roman ,boxers4 ,polypth4 ,i like its ,situation extreamly3 it terminates these ,alleys1 and that ,opening from the ,terrace1 very beautifully2 much better1 ,i think1 than the fighting ,gladiator1 and ,sampson killing the ,philistine1 do that other vast ,terrace2 the ,objects there1 in my ,opinion1 are too small for the ,distance3 ,here both are justly proportioned4 ,calloph4 ,your ,criticism1 ,i think1 is rather too refined3 ,i cannot see what occasion there is always for a confined ,view2 a more open one sometimes makes ,variety4 ,polypth4 ,you mistake me3 ,i am not against a ,prospect's being bounded even by the blue ,hills in the ,country4 ,all ,i mean is this1 that where ,objects are set up to terminate a ,view1 they ought to be of such a ,nature as to afford ,pleasure at any ,distance they are designed to be viewed from4 ,these ,statues ,i have been mentioning1 are ,objects so small1 that at one end of the ,terrace it is impossible to make out what is offered you at the other4----,i have too much ,envy in my ,temper1 you must know1 to bear to see any thing perfect2 and ,i came in here fully determined to cavil1 if ,i saw the least ,grounds4 ,but this is a sad ,place1 ,i find1 for a malicious ,spirit to enter3 ,he whose chief ,entertainment is finding fault1 will here meet with a very slender ,repast3 ,as the ,devil did at ,sight of the ,creation1 in spite of ,envy he must cry out1 ,terrestrial ,heaven6---- ,with what ,delight could ,i have walk'd thee round1 ,if ,i could joy in ought3 ,sweet ,interchange ,of ,hill1 and ,valley1 ,rivers1 ,woods1 and ,plains6 ,now ,land1 now ,sea1 and ,shores with ,forest crown'd1 ,rocks1 ,dens1 and ,caves4---- ,but what have we got here8 ,calloph4 ,this is the ,building we took notice of from the ,temple of ,venus4 ,i know you are no ,friend to a cloathed ,statue2 so ,i question whether you will meet with any thing here to your ,taste4 ,polypth4 ,there is something extremely grand and noble1 ,i have always thought1 in several of the old cloathed ,statues1 and particularly in some of the ,roman consular ones2 yet ,i must confess ,i am always better pleased when ,i find them without their ,finery4 ,marble1 tho' admirably fitted to express the ,roundness of a ,muscle1 very often fails when it attempts to give you the ,folds of ,drapery4 ,the ,ancients1 it must be owned1 even in their ,draperies are often successful2 but amongst our modern ,attempts in this ,way1 how many horrid ,pieces of ,rock-work have ,i beheld6 ------------ atram ,desinet in rupem mulier---- ,michael ,angelo1 whenever he found himself obliged to cloath his ,statues1 used to do it with wet ,linnen2 which is unquestionably the most advantageous kind of ,cloathing for a ,statue4 ,calloph4 ,since you are not to be pleased here1 let us pass on to something else4 ,there is no ,occasion to turn down to that ,pyramid2 it is an ,object not designed to be viewed at a ,yard's ,distance2 but you will see its ,use by and by1 in a ,variety of beautiful ,views3 ,let us pursue our ,walk along this ,terrace4 ,polypth4 ,why here we entirely lose sight of the ,garden2 our elegant ,prospects are all vanished3 ,i cannot conceive what this impertinent ,hedge does here4 ,calloph4 ,did you never experience in a ,concert vast ,pleasure when the whole ,band for a few ,moments made a full ,pause8 ,the ,case is parallel3 ,you have already had a great many fine ,views1 and that you may not be cloyed1 this ,hedge steps in to keep your ,attention awake4 ,one ,extreme recommends another3 ,the ,moralists observe1 that a little ,adversity quickens our ,relish for the ,enjoyment of ,life2 and it is the ,man of ,taste's ,care not to distribute his ,beauties with too profuse a ,hand1 for a ,reason of the same kind4 ,let not each ,beauty every where be spy'd1 ,where half the ,skill is decently to hide4 ,but if you must have something to look at1 the ,park there upon your left ,hand affords you some very fine ,views4 ,i like that ,equestrian ,statue extremely3 ,it is1 in my ,opinion1 a very beautiful ,circumstance4 ,what a ,number of fine ,vistas it terminates thro' the ,trees1 varying its ,appearance in each of them4--,there you have a charming ,view struck out towards the ,temple of ,ancient ,virtue4 ,polypth4 ,methinks that ,statue of the ,faun stands a little aukwardly3 ,he might at least1 ,i should think1 have fixed himself in the ,middle of the ,semi-circle4 ,calloph4 ,you do not certainly attend to his ,use3 ,he stands there to receive the ,eye placed at the other ,end of that ,opening4--,that elegant little ,building ,i think they call ,nelson's ,seat4 ,polypth4 ,the ,painting is done masterly enough3 ,the ,inscriptions1 ,i see1 explain the ,designs4 ,those ,boys fixing the ,trophies are prettily imagined4 ,from hence that round ,building terminates the ,view extremely well4 ,let us walk to it4 ,calloph4 ,hold----turn to the ,right a little3 ,we must first pay a ,visit here to the ,temple of ,bacchus4 ,polypth4 ,we have had a pretty long ,walk1 suppose we sit down here a ,moment3 ,these ,walls seem to promise us some ,entertainment4 ,calloph4 ,here1 ,sir1 you see represented the ,triumphs and ,happiness of ,drunkenness4 ,those musical ,ladies too are not improper ,companions to this mirthfully-disposed ,deity4 ,polypth4 ,some of those smaller ,figures are really done extremely well3 ,and those two ,vases are delightfully touched4 ,i cannot say ,i am so much pleased with the jolly ,inhabitant3 ,even ,bacchus himself certainly never made so enormous a ,figure4 ,calloph4 ,i am admiring the fine ,view from hence3 ,so great a ,variety of beautiful ,objects1 and all so happily disposed1 make a most delightful ,picture4 ,don't you think this ,building too is a very genteel one1 and is extremely well situated8 ,these ,trees give it an agreeable1 cool ,air1 and make it1 ,i think1 as elegant a ,retreat for the ,enjoyment of a ,summer's ,evening1 as can well be imagined4----,but it is mere trifling to sit here3 ,let us walk towards the ,rotunda4----,this little ,alley will carry us to ,dido's ,cave4 ,polypth4 ,dido's ,cave6 why 'tis built of hewn ,stone6 ,here she is however1 and her pious ,companion along with her4 ,calloph4 ,those two ,cupids joining their ,torches1 ,i never see but ,i admire extremely3 they are very finely painted4 ,polypth4 ,i think they are indeed4 ,but let us be a little complaisant1 and not interrupt these kind ,lovers too long4 ,i want to see this ,rotunda4 ,calloph4 ,there then you have it3 ,i hope you cannot complain of an heavy ,building here4 ,i do not know any ,piece of ,stone-work in the whole ,garden that shews itself to more ,advantage than this does1 or makes a more beautiful ,figure in a ,variety of fine ,views from several ,parts of the ,garden3 ,several ,parts of the ,garden likewise return the ,compliment1 by offering a great many very elegant ,prospects to it4 ,there you have an ,opening laid out with all the ,decorations of ,art2 a spacious ,theatre2 the ,area floated by a ,canal1 and peopled with ,swans and ,wild-ducks3 ,her late ,majesty is the principal ,figure in the ,scene1 and around her a merry ,company of ,nymphs and ,swains enjoying themselves in the ,shade4 ,polypth4 ,i must confess ,i cannot very much admire---- ,calloph4 ,come2 none of your ,cavils4--,observe how this ,view is beautifully contrasted by one on the opposite ,side of a different kind2 in which we are almost solely obliged to ,nature4 ,you must know ,i look upon this as a very noble ,prospect6 ,the ,field is formed by that ,semi-circle of ,trees into a very grand ,theatre4 ,the ,point of ,sight is centred in a beautiful manner by the ,pyramid1 which appears to great ,advantage amongst those venerable ,oaks3 ,two or three other ,buildings1 half hid amongst the ,trees1 come in for their ,share in the ,prospect1 and add much to the ,beauty of it4 ,polypth4 ,i agree with you entirely2 nor do ,i think this other ,view inferior to it4 ,that ,variety of different ,shades amongst the ,trees2 the ,lake spread so elegantly amongst them1 and glittering here and there thro' the ,bushes1 with the ,temple of ,venus as a ,termination to the ,view1 make up a very beautiful ,landskip4 ,calloph4 ,here is a ,vista likewise very happily terminated by the ,canal1 and the ,obelisk rising in the ,midst of it4 ,there is another close ,view likewise towards ,nelson's ,seat4 ,polypth4 ,upon my ,word1 we have a ,variety of very elegant ,prospects centred in this ,point4 ,i could sit here very agreeably a little longer4 ,calloph4 ,nay1 if you are inclined to rest1 come along with me3 ,i'll carry you to where you may indulge your ,humour with great ,propriety4 ,deep in the ,retirement of that ,wood1 the ,god of ,sleep has reared his ,habitation1 where he will afford you every ,convenience to make a ,nap agreeable----,it comes into my ,head that ,i forgot to carry you to a little ,place1 which it is hardly worth while to travel back to from this ,distance3 ,it is called ,st4 ,austin's ,cave1 and answers its ,title very well2 it appears quite ,cell-like1 stands retired1 and is made of no other ,materials but ,roots and ,moss4 ,in the ,inside a ,straw ,couch offers you an hard ,seat1 and the ,walls three humorous ,inscriptions1 in ,monkish ,verse4 ,you may buy them1 bound up with ,copies of all the other ,inscriptions1 in a ,six-penny ,pamphlet1 that will be offered us at the ,inn4----,there1 ,sir1 is the ,temple of ,sleep4 ,polypth4 ,why really ,i must confess ,ovid himself could scarce have buried the senseless ,god in an happier ,retirement4 ,this gloomy ,darkness1 these easy ,couches1 and that excellent ,epicurean ,argument above the ,door1 would incline me wonderfully to indulge a little1 if these beautiful ,ornaments did not keep my ,attention awake4 ,there is wanting too a purling ,stream1 to sing a ,requiem to the ,senses2 tho' the ,want is in some measure made up by the drowsy ,lullibies of that murmuring ,swarm1 which this ,shade has invited to wanton beneath it4 ,you would laugh at me1 or ,i should certainly throw myself down upon one of these ,couches2 ,i am persuaded ,i should need no ,opium to close my ,eyes4 ,calloph4 ,i own sleeping is a ,compliment as much due to this ,place1 as ,admiration and ,attention are to ,raphael at ,hampton-,court4 ,but try if your ,curiosity cannot keep you awake4 ,come1 leave these drowsy ,abodes1 they are infectious2 like luscious ,food they will blunt your ,appetite before the ,entertainment is half over4 ,walk down that ,alley1 and pop your ,head into the first ,door you come to4 ,polypth4 ,what the ,d----l have we got here8 ,what wretched ,scrawler has been at work upon these ,walls8 ,calloph4 ,i assure you1 ,sir1 ,i look upon this as a very great ,master-piece4 ,you must know this ,house is inhabited by a ,necromancer2 and that ,inscription lets you see the ,hand that has been employed to paint it4 ,the ,composition1 ,drawing1 and ,pencilling1 ,i can allow you1 are not the most elegant2 yet if the ,design and ,figures are the ,artist's own1 ,i can assure you he has shewn excellent ,humour1 and an exceeding good ,invention4 ,that ,consultation is well imagined2 and so are these ,witches and ,wizards2 their ,employments likewise1 their ,forms and ,attitudes are well varied4---- ,but ,i see this is a ,scene not suited to your ,taste3 ,our next1 ,i hope1 will please you better4 ,polypth4 ,pray1 what ,building is that before us8 ,i cannot say ,i dislike the ,taste it is designed in4 ,it seems an ,antique4 ,calloph4 ,it is the ,temple1 ,sir1 of ,ancient ,virtue2 the ,place ,i am now conducting you to4 ,you will meet within it a very illustrious ,assembly of great ,men2 the wisest ,lawgiver1 the best ,philosopher1 the most divine ,poet1 and the most able ,captain1 that perhaps ever lived4 ,polypth4 ,you may possibly1 ,sir1 engage yourself in a ,dispute1 by fixing your ,epithets in such an absolute manner2 there are so many ,competitors in each of these ,ways1 that altho' ,numbers may be called truly eminent1 it will be a difficult matter to fix ,pre-eminence upon any4 ,calloph4 ,you will hardly1 ,i fancy1 dissent from me1 when ,i introduce you to these great ,heroes of ,antiquity3 ,there stands ,lycurgus2 there ,socrates2 there ,homer2 and there ,epaminondas4 ,illustrious ,chiefs1 who made ,virtue their only ,pursuit1 and the ,welfare of ,mankind their only ,study2 in whose ,breasts mean ,self-interest had no ,possession4 ,to establish a well-regulated ,constitution2 to dictate the soundest ,morality1 to place ,virtue in the most amiable ,light2 and bravely to defend a ,people's ,liberty1 were ,ends which neither the ,difficulty in overcoming the ,prejudices1 and taming the savage ,manners of a barbarous ,state2 the ,corruptions of a licentious ,age1 and the ,ill-usage of an invidious ,city2 neither the vast ,pains of searching into ,nature1 and laying up a ,stock of ,knowledge sufficient to produce the noblest ,work of ,art2 nor popular ,tumults at ,home1 and the most threatening ,dangers ,abroad1 could ever tempt them to lose ,sight of1 or in the least abate that ,ardency of ,temper with which they pursued them4 ,polypth4 ,a noble ,panegyric upon my ,word6 why1 ,sir1 these great ,spirits have inspired you with the very ,soul of ,oratory4 ,however1 in earnest1 ,i confess your ,encomium is pretty just2 and ,i am apt to believe that if any of those worthy ,gentlemen should take it into his ,head to walk from his ,nitch1 it would puzzle the ,world to find his ,equal to fix in his ,room4----,that old ,ruin1 ,i suppose1 is intended to contrast with this new ,building4 ,calloph4 ,yes1 ,sir1 it is intended to contrast with it not only in the ,landskip1 but likewise in its ,name and ,design4 ,walk a little nearer1 and you will see its ,intention4 ,polypth4 ,i can see nothing here to let me into its ,design1 except this old ,gentleman2 neither can ,i find any thing extraordinary in him1 except that he has met with a ,fate that he is entirely deserving of1 which is more than falls to the ,share of every worthless ,fellow4 ,calloph4 ,have you observed how the ,statue is decorated8 ,polypth4 ,o6 ,i see the whole ,design3 ,a very elegant ,piece of ,satyr1 upon my ,word6 ,this pompous ,edifice is intended1 ,i suppose1 to represent the flourishing ,condition1 in which ancient ,virtue still exists2 and those poor shattered ,remains of what has never been very beautiful 7notwithstanding1 ,i see1 they are placed within a few ,yards of a ,parish-church7 are designed to let us see the ruinous ,state of decayed modern ,virtue4 ,and the ,moral is1 that ,glory founded upon true ,worth and ,honour1 will exist1 when ,fame1 built upon ,conquest and popular ,applause1 will fade away4 ,this is really the best thing ,i have seen3 ,i am most prodigiously taken with it4 ,calloph4 ,i intend next to carry you to a ,scene of another kind4 ,i am going to shew you the ,grotto1 a ,place generally very taking with ,strangers4----,i thought that ,piece of ,satyr would catch your ,attention3 ,i hope likewise you will be as well pleased here4 ,this ,gate will carry us into the romantic ,retirement4 ,what do you think of this ,scene8 ,polypth4 ,why really1 ,sir1 it is quite a ,novelty3 ,this ,profusion of ,mirrors has a very extraordinary ,effect3 ,the ,place seems divided into a thousand beautiful ,apartments1 and appears fifty times as large as it is4 ,the ,prospects without are likewise transferred to the ,walls within3 ,and the ,sides of the ,room are elegantly adorned with ,landskips1 beyond the ,pencil of ,titian2 with this farther ,advantage1 that every ,view1 as you change your ,situation1 varies itself into another ,form1 and presents you with something new4 ,calloph4 ,don't you think that serpentine ,river1 as it is called1 is a great ,addition to the ,beauty of the ,place8 ,polypth4 ,undoubtedly it is4 ,water is of as much ,use in a ,landskip1 as ,blood is in a ,body2 without these two ,essentials1 it is impossible there should be ,life in either one or the other4 ,yet methinks it is a prodigious ,pity that this stagnate ,pool should not by some ,magic be metamorphosed into a crystal ,stream1 rolling over a ,bed of ,pebbles4 ,such a quick ,circulation would give an infinite ,spirit to the ,view4 ,i could wish his ,lordship had such a ,stream at his ,command2 he would shew it1 ,i dare say1 to the best ,advantage1 in its ,passage thro' the ,gardens4 ,but we cannot make ,nature1 the utmost we can do is to mend her4----,i have heard a ,scotch ,gentleman speak of the ,river1 upon which the ,town of ,sterling stands1 which is as remarkable a ,meander as ,i have ever heard of4 ,from ,sterling to a little ,village upon the ,banks of this ,river1 by ,land it is only four ,miles1 and yet if you should follow the ,course of the ,water1 you will find it above twenty4----,there is an ,house likewise that stands upon a narrow ,isthmus of a ,peninsula1 formed by this same ,river1 which is mighty remarkable3 ,the ,water runs close to both ,ends of it1 and yet if you sail from one to the other1 you will be carried a ,compass of four ,miles4----,such a ,river winding about this ,place1 would make it a ,paradise indeed6 ,as we are got into the ,north1 ,i must confess ,i do not know any ,part of the ,kingdom that abounds more with elegant natural ,views3 ,our well-cultivated ,plains1 as you observed before1 are certainly not comparable to their rough ,nature in point of ,prospect4 ,about three ,years ago ,i rode the ,northern ,circuit3 ,the ,weather was extremely fine2 and ,i scarce remember being more agreeably entertained than ,i was with the several charming ,views exhibited to me in the northern ,counties4 ,curiosity indeed1 rather than ,business1 carried me down3 ,and as ,i had my ,time pretty much to myself1 ,i spent it in a great measure in hunting after beautiful ,objects4 ,sometimes ,i found myself hemmed within an ,amphitheatre of ,mountains1 which were variously ornamented1 some with scattered ,trees1 some with tufted ,wood1 some with grazing ,cattle1 and some with smoaking ,cottages4 ,here and there an elegant ,view likewise was opened into the ,country4----,a ,mile's riding1 perhaps1 would have carried me to the ,foot of a steep ,precipice1 down which thundered the whole ,weight of some vast ,river1 which was dashed into ,foam at the ,bottom1 by the craggy ,points of several rising ,rocks3 ,a deep ,gloom overspread the ,prospect1 occasioned by the close ,wood that hung round it on every ,side4--,i could describe to you a ,variety of other ,views ,i met with there1 if we here wanted ,entertainment in the ,way of ,landskip4 ,one1 however1 ,i cannot forbear mentioning1 and wishing at the same time that his ,lordship had such ,materials to work with1 and it could not be but he would make a most noble ,picture4----,the ,place ,i have in view is upon the ,banks of the ,river ,eden 7which is indeed one of the finest ,rivers ,i ever saw74 ,i scarce know a fitter ,place for a ,genius in this ,way to exert itself in4 ,there is the greatest ,variety of garnished ,rocks1 shattered ,precipices1 rising ,hills1 ornamented with the finest ,woods1 thro' which are opened the most elegant ,vales that ,i have ever met with3 ,not to mention the most enchanting ,views up and down the ,river1 which winds itself in such a manner as to shew its ,banks to the best ,advantage1 which1 together with very charming ,prospects into the ,country1 terminated by the blue ,hills at a ,distance1 make as fine a ,piece of ,nature1 as perhaps can any where be met with4 ,calloph4 ,i admire your ,taste in ,landskip extremely2 you have marked out just such ,circumstances as would take me most in a ,view4 ,i am ,i find almost as enthusiastic a ,lover of ,nature as you are4 ,yet tho' ,i can allow her to have an excellent ,fancy1 ,i do not think she has the best ,judgment4 ,tho' ,nature is an admirable ,colourist1 her ,composition is very often liable to ,censure4 ,for which ,reason ,i am for having her placed under the ,direction of ,art3 ,and the ,rule ,i would go by should be ,mr4 ,pope's2 --,treat the ,goddess like a modest ,fair1 ,not over-dress1 nor leave her wholly bare4 ,suppose1 therefore1 we leave your romantic ,nature1 and continue our ,view of her here1 where she is treated according to this ,prescription of the ,poet4----,that ,building is called the ,temple of ,contemplation2 those ,bas-relief ,heads it is adorned with1 are1 ,i assure you1 extremely good ones4 ,polypth4 ,pray1 ,sir1 what kind of a ,building have we yonder1 that struck our ,sight as we crossed that ,alley8 ,calloph4 ,we will walk up to it if you please3 ,it is a ,chinese ,house4 ,polypth4 ,a mighty whimsical ,appearance it makes truly4 ,calloph4 ,in my ,opinion it is a pretty ,object enough1 and varies our ,view in a very becoming manner4 ,its cool stand upon the ,lake1 and those canvas ,windows1 designed as well to keep out the ,sun1 as let in the ,air1 give us a good ,notion of the ,manner of living in an hot ,country4 ,it is finely painted in the ,inside3 ,will you look into it8 ,polypth4 ,finely painted indeed6 ,our ,travellers tell us the ,chinese are a very ingenious ,people2 and that ,arts and ,sciences flourish amongst them in great ,beauty4 ,but for my ,part1 whenever ,i see any of their ,paintings1 ,i am apt1 ,i must confess1 in every thing else to call their ,taste into question4 ,it is impossible for one ,art to be in ,perfection1 without introducing the rest4 ,they are all ,links of the same ,chain3 ,if you draw up one1 you must expect the rest will follow4 ,cognoscitur ex socio1 is an old ,rule you know in judging of ,men2 and ,i believe it may be applied with as much ,propriety in judging of ,arts4 ,it is hardly to be imagined that any ,art1 perfect in its ,kind1 would claim any ,kindred1 or even bear to keep ,company with such a wretched ,art of ,painting as prevails amongst the ,chinese3 ,its whole ,mystery consists in dawbing on glaring ,colours3 ,correctness of ,drawing1 ,beauty of ,composition1 and ,harmony of colouring1 they seem not to have even the least ,notion of4 ,calloph4 ,i like your ,reflections extremely4 ,we should certainly have some more elegant ,productions from ,china1 if they were able to answer the ,character ,i have sometimes heard given of them4 ,they have very little of true1 manly ,taste1 ,i fancy1 among them3 ,their ,ingenuity lies chiefly in the knick-knack ,way2 and is1 ,i imagine1 pretty much of the ,dutch ,kind4----,hold1 ,sir3 ,this ,way if you please4 ,we will walk again towards the ,river1 and pursue it to the ,canal4----,it is divided1 you see1 into three ,parts2 one takes its ,rise from the ,grotto2 another from the ,pebble ,bridge 7as it is called7 which is1 ,i think1 a pretty ,object2 and the third issues from a dark ,wood4----,there1 ,sir1 let me present you to an illustrious set of your gallant ,countrymen4 ,this ,place is called the ,temple of ,british ,worthies2 and is gloriously filled1 you see1 with the greatest ,wits1 ,patriots1 and ,heroes1 that are to be met with in our ,chronicles4 ,unspotted ,names1 and memorable long6 ,if there be ,force in ,virtue1 or in ,song4 ,does not your ,pulse beat high1 while you thus stand before such an awful ,assembly8 ,is not your ,breast warmed by a ,variety of grand ,ideas1 which this ,sight must give ,birth to8----,there you have a ,view of the calm ,philosophers1 who sought ,virtue in her ,retirement1 and benefited ,mankind by ,thought and ,meditation4----,some took the human ,mind for their ,theme1 examined the various ,powers it is endowed with1 and gave us1 to know ourselves4----,others took ,nature for their ,subject1 looked thro' all her ,works1 and enlarged our ,notions of a ,god----,while others1 warmed with a generous ,resentment against ,vice and ,folly1 made ,morality their ,care3 ,to the cool ,reasoner serious ,philosophy1 without any ,ornament but ,truth1 was recommended3 ,to the gayer ,disposition the moral ,song was directed1 and the ,heart was improved1 while the ,fancy was delighted3 ,to those who were yet harder to work upon1 the ,force of ,example was made use of3 ,folly is put to the ,test of ,ridicule1 and laughed out of ,countenance1 while the moral ,scene1 like a distorting ,mirror1 shews the ,villain his ,features in so deformed a ,manner1 that he darts at his own ,image with ,horror and ,affright4----,on the other ,side you are presented with a ,view of those illustrious ,worthies1 who spent their ,lives in ,action2 who left ,retirement to the cool ,philosopher1 entered into the ,bustle of ,mankind1 and pursued ,virtue in the dazzling ,light in which she appears to ,patriots and ,heroes4 ,inspired by every generous ,sentiment1 these gallant ,spirits founded ,constitutions1 stemmed the ,torrent of ,corruption1 battled for the ,state1 ventured their ,lives in the ,defence of their ,country1 and gloriously bled in the ,cause of ,liberty4 ,polypth4 ,what an happy ,man you are1 thus to find an ,opportunity of moralizing upon every ,occasion6 ,what a noble ,view you have displayed before me2 when perhaps if ,i had been alone1 ,i should have entertained myself no otherwise than in examining the ,busts2 or if ,i read the ,inscriptions1 they would only have drawn a ,remark from me1 that they were well wrote4--,the ,assembly yonder on the opposite ,side of the ,water1 will be1 ,i suppose1 the next ,subject for your ,rapsody4 ,pray what ,titles are those ,gentry distinguished by8 ,at this ,distance ,i can hardly find out whether they are ,philosophers or ,milk-maids4 ,calloph4 ,why1 ,sir1 you have there a ,view of the ,kingdom of ,parnassus3 ,that ,assembly is composed of ,apollo1 and his ,privy-council4 ,but as ,i believe they will hardly pay us1 by any ,beauty in their ,workmanship1 for our ,trouble1 should we go round and make them a ,visit2 it is my ,advice that we walk directly from hence to the ,temple of ,friendship1 and so return by that ,terrace back again to those ,parts of the ,garden that remain yet unseen4 ,polypth4 ,with all my ,heart3 ,but let us turn in here1 ,i beseech you1 and walk as much in the ,shade as possible1 for the ,day grows vastly warm4 ,calloph4 ,i am ready to follow you amongst the ,trees1 not more out of ,complaisance than ,inclination3 ,i like a cool ,retreat as well as you4 ,when ,i plan a ,garden1 ,i believe1 ,i shall deal much in shady ,walks2 wherever ,i open a grand ,terrace1 ,i intend to lengthen out by its ,side a close ,vista3 through the one ,i shall lead ,strangers1 in the other enjoy my ,friends4 ,i am a great ,admirer of walking in a ,shade2 it is a kind of ,emblem of the most agreeable ,situation in ,life1 the retired one3 ,every fantastic ,view is hid from us1 and we may if we please1 be ,poets1 or ,philosophers1 or what we will4 ,i own ,i admire the ,taste of these buzzing ,insects1 sporting themselves in the ,shade2 a glaring ,sun-shine neither in the ,world1 nor in a ,walk1 is agreeable to my ,way of thinking4 ,polypth4 ,if all the ,world thought as you do1 we should have neither ,statesmen to mend our ,laws1 nor ,coblers to mend our ,shoes3 ,we should all run and hide ourselves amongst ,trees1 and what then would become of ,society8 ,calloph4 ,if ,i thought you did not will-fullyy mistake my ,meaning1 ,i would take the ,trouble of telling you that ,i am an ,advocate for no other ,retirement than such as is consistent with the ,duties of ,life4 ,a ,love for which kind of ,retirement1 properly qualified1 is ,health to the ,mind2 but when it is made up unskillfully1 it throws us into a fatal ,lethargy1 from whence begins the ,date of an useless ,life4 ,every virtuous ,mind1 in a greater or a less ,degree1 has a turn this ,way1 and the best1 ,i believe1 ought to be at the most ,pains to guard against carrying this ,inclination into the ,extreme4 ,polypth4 ,and yet the ,annals of most ,nations let us see that their greatest ,men have often indulged it2 and much for the ,benefit of ,mankind too2 witness many of the illustrious ,worthies we have just been visiting3 ,you forget the ,panegyric you bestowed upon them4 ,calloph4 ,no1 ,sir3 ,but do you remember that ,i placed these cool ,reasoners on the best ,side of a ,comparison with those who entred into the ,world1 and spent their ,lives in ,action8 ,on the contrary1 this latter kind of ,men have always stood fairest in my ,esteem4 ,the ,life of a ,recluse ,i would recommend to none but a ,valetudinarian4 ,we were intended to assist each other as much as we are able4 ,for my ,part1 it has always been my ,opinion1 that one good ,man does more ,service in the ,world1 than a thousand good ,books4----,but we'll drop our ,argument at present1 because ,i see we have finished our ,walk4 ,polypth4 ,is that ,building the ,temple of ,friendship8 ,i cannot say that ,i extremely admire it3 ,but ,i hope ,i shall meet with more ,entertainment within1 than ,i am able to do without----,well3 ,this is elegant ,i must confess4 ,calloph4 ,ay1 look round1 and tell me if you are not struck by several very beautiful ,objects4 ,those ,busts ,i assure you are all pretty well done1 and some of them extremely well4 ,polypth4 ,so they are indeed3 ,but ,i am chiefly intent upon the ,painting1 which ,i am much taken with3 ,it is by the same ,hand1 ,i dare say1 with that in the ,temple of ,venus4 ,that ,emblem of ,friendship above the ,door1 those of ,justice and ,liberty1 and those other ,ornaments upon the ,walls1 are well touched4 ,what is that ,painting upon the ,cieling8 ,i do not rightly understand it4 ,calloph4 ,why1 ,sir1 it is a ,piece of ,satyr3 ,i am sure you will like it if you will give yourself the ,trouble to examine it3 ,it is in your ,taste ,i know exactly4----,there you see sits ,britannia2 upon one ,side are held the ,glory of her ,annals1 the ,reigns of ,queen ,elizabeth and ,edward ,,iii4 and on the other is offered the ,reign of----1 which she frowns upon1 and puts by with her ,hand4 ,polypth4 ,excellent1 upon my ,word6 ,faith1 this is good6 ,never accept it1 honest ,lady1 till ,corruption is at an ,end1 and public ,spirit revives4 ,calloph4 ,with so little ,malevolence as ,i know you are possessed of1 ,i do not think ,i ever met with any body in my ,life so eager to catch at any thing to blame2 or to whom an ,opportunity of that kind afforded a more seeming real ,pleasure than it does to you4----,but ,i know it proceeds from an honest ,nature4----,well3 ,suppose we continue our ,walk4----,i look upon that ,statue as one of the finest in the ,world3 ,i would give all the ,money in my ,pocket for a ,sight of the ,original4 ,polypth4 ,the ,posture always to me appears a little too much strained4 ,i can scarce throw myself into such an ,attitude4 ,yet it is fine ,i must confess4 ,calloph4 ,you have the best ,view of it1 ,sir1 from hence4 ,most of the ,engravings ,i have met with give us the back ,view1 but ,i think the ,statue appears infinitely to the best ,advantage when taken in ,front4 ,the ,air of the ,head is delightful1 and cannot be hid without depriving the ,figure of half its ,life4----,i am leading you now to that genteel ,piece of ,building which goes by the ,name of the ,palladian ,bridge4 ,polypth4 ,i have seen1 ,i think1 something like it at my ,lord ,pembroke's4 ,calloph4 ,i believe1 ,sir1 the ,model was taken from thence4 ,tho' if ,i remember right1 the ,roof is there supported by ,pillars on both ,sides4 ,polypth4 ,i think it is4----,but what have we got there8 ,you are taking me past something curious4 ,calloph4 ,i beg your ,pardon3 ,indeed ,i had almost forgot the ,imperial ,closet3 ,and ,i wonder ,i should1 for ,i assure you ,i have the greatest ,veneration for its ,inhabitants4--,there1 ,sir1 is a noble ,triumvirate4 ,titus1 ,trajan1 and ,aurelius1 are ,names which want not the ,pomp of ,title to add a ,lustre to them4 ,polypth4 ,i wish you could persuade all the ,kings in ,europe to take them as ,patterns4 ,but1 ,god knows1 public ,spirit is now at a low ,ebb amongst us3 ,there is more of it in that single honest ,sentiment1 ,pro me3 si merear1 in me1 than ,i believe is to be found in this degenerate ,age in half a ,kingdom4 ,calloph4 ,i see1 my good ,friend1 you can moralize upon ,occasion too4 ,polypth4 ,moralize6 ,the ,d----l take me1 if ,i would not this ,moment1 in spite of-- ,calloph4 ,nay1 come1 don't grow serious3 ,you know ,i have long since laid it down as a ,rule1 to stop my ,ears when you get into your political ,vein4 ,i am not now to learn that there is no keeping you within the ,bounds of ,temperance upon that ,topic4 ,polypth4 ,well then1 let us have something else to talk about4----,yon ,wall at this ,distance seems to promise us some ,bass-relief4 ,calloph4 ,yes1 ,sir2 you are there presented with a ,view of the different ,quarters of the ,world1 bringing their various ,products to ,britannia4 ,it is a pretty ,ornament enough for a ,bridge1 which1 like the ,art of ,navigation1 joins one ,land to another4 ,polypth4 ,i can't say ,i much admire the ,workmanship4 ,there is a great ,degree of ,awkwardness in several of the ,figures4 ,calloph4 ,why really ,i am so far of your way of thinking1 that ,i must own ,i am no great ,admirer of this kind of ,work1 except it be extremely fine4----,the best thing in this ,way1 that ever ,i met with1 is a ,piece of ,alt-relief which his ,lordship keeps within ,doors4 ,we shall scarce1 ,i believe have time now1 but we must take an ,opportunity of seeing it before you leave the ,country4 ,you will meet with likewise in those ,apartments several very good ,pictures3 ,i remember spending an ,afternoon about half a ,year ago1 in a very agreeable ,manner amongst them4 ,but this ,piece of ,alt-relief struck me beyond every thing4 ,the ,story is ,darius's ,tent2 and it is so charmingly told1 that ,i have had1 ,i can tell you1 a meaner ,opinion of ,le ,brun upon that ,subject1 ever since ,i have seen it3 ,the ,composition is so just1 the ,figures so graceful and correct1 nay1 the very ,drapery so free and easy1 that ,i declare ,i was altogether astonished at the ,sight of it4 ,polypth4 ,well2 ,i shall find some ,opportunity of paying it a ,visit4 ,there is so much ,art required1 and so much ,difficulty attends doing any thing in this ,way as it ought to be1 that when we do meet with a good ,piece of ,workmanship of this kind1 it affords us an extreme ,pleasure4----,so1 ,sir ,william1 have ,i met you here6 ,i should rather have expected to have seen you among the ,british ,worthies4----,this same ,penn1 ,sir1 ,i assure you1 is a great ,favourite of mine4 ,i esteem him one of the most worthy ,legislators upon ,record4 ,his ,laws1 ,i am told1 act still with great ,force in ,pensylvania1 and keep the honest1 inoffensive ,people there in extreme good ,order4 ,calloph4 ,our ,sailors mention his ,colony as a very happy ,set of ,people2 they live entirely at ,peace amongst themselves2 and 7bred up in a strict ,observance of ,probity7 without any ,knowledge of an ,art ,military amongst them1 are able to preserve the most sociable ,terms with their ,neighbours4----,these ,busts seem to have escaped your ,observation4 ,polypth4 ,no1 ,sir1 ,i am not so incurious as to suffer any thing that has been in ,italy to slip my ,notice3 ,some of those particularly that stand on the ,side next ,rawleigh1 ,i was exceedingly taken with4 ,calloph4 ,pray what is your ,opinion of checquered ,marble's being made use of in ,busts8 ,polypth4 ,why1 ,sir1 ,i never see any of these party-coloured ,faces1 but ,i am moved with ,indignation at the ,sculptor's ridiculous ,humour4 ,it is so absurd a ,taste1 that ,i cannot conceive how it should ever enter into a ,workman's ,head1 to make every ,feature of a ,man's ,face of a different ,colour2 and it amazes me1 ,i assure you1 that we meet with daily so many ,instances of such ,absurdity4----,in several ,parts of the ,garden1 ,i have had various ,views of that old ,gothic ,building2 we are now at last ,i hope moving towards it4 ,i am so wonderfully pleased with its outward ,appearance1 that ,i shall be disappointed if ,i don't meet something answerable within4 ,calloph4 ,why1 ,sir1 as old as it looks1 ,i assure you it is not yet finished4 ,you will meet with nothing ornamental in the ,inside2 so ,i would have you persuade yourself it has already done all in its ,power to entertain you4 ,and upon my ,word ,i think it has done a great deal3 ,without it1 ,i am sure this ,part of the ,garden would be quite naked and lifeless2 nor would any other ,part appear with so much ,beauty4 ,it puts one in ,mind of some generous ,patriot in his ,retirement2 his own ,neighbourhood feels most the ,effects of that ,bounty1 which in some measure spreads itself over a whole ,country4 ,polypth4 ,i like this ,disposition within1 ,i assure you1 altogether as well as its ,form without4----,there are two or three ,pieces of the best painted ,glass that ,i have any where met with3 ,those little historical ,pieces are exceedingly beautiful2 and so are those ,landskips likewise4----,this ,hill ,i think appears rather too naked4 ,calloph4 ,throw your ,eye over it then1 and tell me if you are not ravished with the ,view before you4 ,nothing certainly in the kind can be more beautiful or great1 than that pompous ,pile rising in so magnificent a manner above the ,wood4 ,the ,building cannot possibly be shewn to greater ,advantage3 ,the ,appearance it makes presents you with an ,idea sufficiently grand2 yet your ,imagination cannot be persuaded but that it is in fact much grander1 and that the ,wood hides a great ,part of what is to be seen from your ,eye4 ,this is a most delightful manner of pleasing3 ,a grand ,object left to a good ,imagination to improve upon1 seldom loses by its ,assistance4 ,our ,view likewise is greatly added to in point of ,beauty1 by those several other smaller ,buildings which offer themselves1 some only half hid amongst the ,branches1 and others just peeping from amongst tufted ,trees1 which make very beautiful little garnished ,dishes in this most elegant ,entertainment4 ,polypth4 ,as you have thus painted the near ,objects1 let my ,pencil1 ,i beg1 come in for a few rough ,touches in the backgrounds3 ,without something of an ,off-skip1 your ,man of ,art1 you know1 seldom esteems his ,view perfect4 ,and in this ,landskip there are as many beautiful ,objects thrown off to a ,distance as can well be imagined3 ,that ,variety of fine ,wood2 that bright ,surface of ,water1 with the pointed ,obelisk in the ,midst of it2 those two ,pavilions upon the ,banks of the ,canal2 and the still more distant ,view into the ,country1 are ,objects which1 in my ,opinion1 make no small ,addition to the ,beauty of your ,landskip2 or1 to carry on your ,allusion1 may very well come in as a second ,course in your ,entertainment4----,our ,attention1 ,i think1 in the next ,place1 is demanded by this venerable ,assembly4 ,that old ,gentleman there sits with great ,dignity3 ,i like his ,attitude extremely3 ,if ,i understood the ,runic ,character1 ,i might have known probably 7for this ,inscription ,i fancy would inform me7 by what ,title he is distinguished4 ,but the ,gracefulness of his ,posture discovers him to have been nothing less than an ,hero of the first ,rank4 ,he puts me in ,mind of a ,roman ,senator1 sitting in his ,curule ,chair to receive the ,gauls4 ,calloph4 ,why1 ,sir1 you have done him great ,honour ,i must own2 but you have not yet honoured him according to his ,dignity3 ,he is nothing less1 ,sir1 ,i assure you1 than the ,representative of a ,saxon ,deity4 ,you see here ,thor and ,woden fabled ,gods---- with the whole ,system of your ,ancestor's ,theology4 ,walk round the ,assembly1 they will smile upon a true ,briton1 and try if you can acknowledge each by his distinct ,symbol4 ,polypth4 ,i must confess they do not to me seem accoutered like ,gods3 ,for my ,part1 ,i should rather suspect them to be ,statues of ,heroes and ,lawgivers1 metamorphised into ,divinities by the ,courtesy of the ,place3 ,i shall not however go about to dispute their ,titles2 but like my good ,ancestors before me1 acquiesce piously in what other ,people tell me4----,tho' ,i cannot say but that ,lady there1 bearing the ,sun 7who represents ,i suppose ,sunday7 looks whimsical enough2 and makes just such an ,appearance as ,i could imagine the misled ,conception of an enthusiastic ,saxon might mould his ,deities into4 ,but in these other ,figures ,i must own ,i cannot see ,superstition at all characterized1 which you may observe generally forms its ,objects of ,worship into the most mis-created things that can possibly enter the ,imagination of ,man4 ,calloph4 ,why1 ,sir1 amongst the ,greeks and ,romans1 you may observe several very well-shaped ,deities3 ,the ,hercules1 the ,apollo1 and the ,venus1 are at this ,day ,standards of ,beauty4 ,polypth4 ,yes2 but ,i am apt to attribute this rather to the ,imagination of their ,sculptors1 than their ,priests4 ,to shew ,art1 rather than to express ,religion1 was the ,point aimed at in these enchanting ,pieces of ,workmanship4----,but when ,superstition acted without ,controul2 when the fantastic ,notions of ,priests were put into the ,hands of ordinary ,workmen1 even amongst the polite ,greeks and ,romans themselves1 ,lord6 what misshapen ,monsters crouded into ,temples1 and reared themselves aloft above ,altars6 ,search other ,countries likewise1 ,egypt and ,africa1 ,china and ,japan1 or any ,place either ancient or modern1 where ,superstition prevails1 and ,i dare engage in the whole ,catalogue of their ,deities you will scarce meet with one that bears any thing like the human ,shape4 ,calloph4 ,why their ,demi-,gods1 or canonized ,heroes1 of which all pagan ,nations had ,abundance1 were generally ,i fancy represented in the human ,form4 ,and these ,saxon ,divinities1 ,i suppose1 pretend not to any superior ,rank----,but however1 as no ,degree of ,veneration is exacted from you1 you may ,i think let them rest quietly upon their ,pedestals1 without any farther ,molestation4----,we have a good ,view into the ,country from hence4 ,those ,woods are extremely elegant in their kind2 we must certainly contrive to take a ,ride thither some ,evening4 ,they are laid out in a very fine ,manner1 and cut into very beautiful ,ridings4 ,polypth4 ,ay1 that is the kind of ,improvement that takes most with me 7let us step in here a ,moment1 we are caught ,i see in a ,shower74 ,i am altogether of the ,poet's ,opinion1 that ',tis ,use alone that sanctifies ,expence4 ,were ,i a ,nobleman1 ,i should endeavour to turn my ,estate into a ,garden1 and make my ,tenants my ,gardiners3 ,instead of useless ,temples1 ,i would build ,farm-houses2 and instead of cutting out unmeaning ,vistas1 ,i would beautify and mend ,highways3 ,the ,country should smile upon my ,labours1 and the ,public should partake in my ,pleasures4 ,what signifies all this ostentatious ,work8 ,is any ,man the better for it8 ,is it not ,money most vilely squandered away8 ,calloph4 ,so far from it1 that ,i assure you1 considered even in a public ,light1 ,i look upon it as an ,expence that may very properly be said to be sanctified by ,use4 ,polypth4 ,i suppose you are going to tell me that it feeds two or three poor ,labourers2 and when you have said this1 ,i know not what more you can say to defend it4 ,but how is it possible for a ,man to throw away his ,money without doing some ,service in the ,world8 ,calloph4 ,how8 ,why by spending it in gaming1 to the ,encouragement of ,cheats and ,sharpers3 ,by squandering it away upon ,lusts and ,appetites1 in the ,support of ,stews and ,bawdy-houses3 ,or by ,dealing it out in ,bribes1 in opposition to ,honesty1 and to advance ,corruption4 ,in ,arts like these1 what ,numbers consume their ,wealth6 ,it is not enough for them to prevent ,mankind's being benefited by their affluent ,circumstances2 but they do their utmost1 while they diminish their ,fortunes1 to make all they can influence as worthless as themselves4 ,so that ,i assure you ,i should look upon it as a very great ,point gained1 if all our ,men of ,fortune would only take care that their ,wealth proves of no ,disservice to ,mankind4 ,tho' ,i am far from desiring they should stop there3 ,i would have them endeavour to turn it into some useful ,channel4 ,and in my ,opinion1 it is laid out in a very laudable ,manner1 when it is spent1 as it is here1 in circulating thro' a ,variety of ,trades1 in supporting a ,number of poor ,families1 and in the ,encouragement of ,art and ,industry4 ,polypth4 ,well1 ,sir1 ,i confess ,wealth thus laid out1 is beneficial to a ,country2 but still you keep from the ,point3 ,i ask whether all these good ,ends would not be answered1 and more too1 were this ,wealth laid out according to my ,scheme1 in public ,works1 or something of an useful ,nature4 ,calloph4 ,and so you have no ,notion of any ,use arising from these elegant ,productions of ,art3 ,you cannot conceive how they should be of any ,service to the ,public4 ,why you are a mere ,goth1 an unpolished ,vandal2 were you impowered to reform the ,age1 ,i suppose ,i should see you1 like one of those wild misguided ,people1 coursing furiously round the ,land1 and laying desolate every thing beautiful you met with4 ,but in my ,opinion1 ,sir1 these noble ,productions of ,art1 considered merely as such1 may be looked upon as ,works of a very public ,nature4 ,do you think no ,end is answered when a ,nation's ,taste is regulated with regard to the most innocent1 the most refined1 and elegant of its ,pleasures8 ,in all polite ,countries the ,amusements of the ,people were thought highly deserving a ,legislator's ,inspection4 ,to establish a just ,taste in these1 was esteemed in some measure as advancing the ,interest of ,virtue3 ,and can it be considered as a ,work entirely of a private ,nature1 for a superior ,genius to exert itself in an ,endeavour to fix a true ,standard of ,beauty in any of these allowed and useful kinds of ,pleasure8 ,in the ,way of ,gardening particularly1 the ,taste of the ,nation has long been so depraved1 that ,i should think we might be obliged to any one that would undertake to reform it4 ,while a ,taste for ,painting1 ,music1 ,architecture1 and other polite ,arts1 in some measure prevailed amongst us1 our ,gardens for the most ,part were laid out in so formal1 aukward1 and wretched a ,manner1 that they were really a ,scandal to the very ,genius of the ,nation2 a ,man of ,taste was shocked whenever he set his ,foot into them4 ,but ,stow1 it is to be hoped1 may work some ,reformation3 ,i would have our ,country ,squires flock hither two or three times in a ,year1 by way of ,improvement1 and after they have looked about them a little1 return ,home with new ,notions1 and begin to see the ,absurdity of their clipped ,yews1 their ,box-wood ,borders1 their flourished ,parterres1 and their lofty ,brick-walls4----,you may smile1 but ,i assure you such an ,improvement of public ,taste1 tho' there is no ,occasion to consider it as a matter of the first ,importance1 is certainly a ,concern that ought by no means to be neglected4 ,perhaps indeed ,i may carry the ,matter farther than the generality of ,people2 but to me ,i must own there appears a very visible ,connection between an improved ,taste for ,pleasure1 and a ,taste for ,virtue3 ,when ,i sit ravished at an ,oratorio1 or stand astonished before the ,cartoons1 or enjoy myself in these happy ,walks1 ,i can feel my ,mind expand itself1 my ,notions enlarge1 and my ,heart better disposed either for a religious ,thought1 or a benevolent ,action3 ,in a ,word1 ,i cannot help imagining a ,taste for these exalted ,pleasures contributes towards making me a better ,man4 ,polypth4 ,good ,god6 what an ,enthusiast you are6 ,polite ,arts improve ,virtue6 an ,assertion indeed for a ,philosopher to make4 ,why are they not always considered as having a natural ,tendency to ,luxury1 to ,riot1 and ,licentiousness8 ,calloph4 ,no more1 in my ,opinion1 than a wholesome ,meal has to a ,surfeit1 or reading the ,scriptures to ,heresy3 ,all things are capable1 we know1 of ,abuse2 and perhaps the best things the most capable3 ,and tho' this may indeed argue a ,depravity in us1 yet it by no means1 ,i think1 argues a ,tendency in them to deprave us4 ,however1 7to let what ,i have yet said stand for nothing7 ,i can tell you one very great ,piece of ,service arising to the ,country from ,wealth laid out in this elegant manner1 which you seem so much to grumble at2 and that is1 the ,money spent in the ,neighbourhood by the ,company daily crouding hither to satisfy their ,curiosity4 ,we have a kind of a continual ,fair2 and ,i have heard several of the ,inhabitants of the neighbouring ,town assert1 that it is one of the best ,trades they have3 ,their ,inns1 their ,shops1 their ,farms1 and ,shambles1 all find their ,account in it3 ,so that1 in my ,opinion1 viewed in this ,light only1 such ,productions of ,art may be considered as very great ,advantages to every ,neighbourhood that enjoys the lucky ,situation of being placed near them4----,to this ,advantage might be added1 the great ,degree of ,pleasure from hence derived daily to such ,numbers of ,people3 ,a ,place like this is a kind of keeping open ,house1 there is a ,repast at all times ready for the ,entertainment of ,strangers4 ,and sure if you have any ,degree of ,benevolence1 you must think an useful ,end answered in thus affording an innocent ,gratification to so many of your ,fellow-creatures4 ,a ,sunday ,evening spent here1 adds a new ,relish to the ,day of ,rest1 and makes the ,sabbath appear more chearful to the ,labourer after a toilsome ,week4 ,for my ,part1 ,i assure you ,i have scarce experienced a greater ,pleasure than ,i have often felt upon meeting a ,variety of pleased ,faces in these ,walks3 ,all ,care and ,uneasiness seems to be left behind at the ,garden-door1 and ,people enter here fully resolved to enjoy themselves1 and the several beautiful ,objects around them3 ,in one ,part a ,face presents itself marked with the ,passion of gaping ,wonder2 in another you meet a ,countenance bearing the ,appearance of a more rational ,pleasure2 and in a third1 a ,sett of ,features composed into serene ,joy2 while the ,man of ,taste is seen examining every ,beauty with a curious ,eye1 and discovering his ,approbation in an half-formed ,smile4--,to this ,i might still add another ,advantage1 of a public ,nature1 derived from these elegant ,productions of ,art2 and that is their ,tendency to raise us in the ,opinion of ,foreigners4 ,if our ,nation had nothing of this kind to boast of1 all our ,neighbours would look upon us a stupid1 tasteless ,set of ,people1 and not worth visiting4 ,so that for the ,credit of the ,country1 ,i think1 something of this kind ought to be exhibited amongst us4 ,our public ,virtues1 if we have any1 would not1 ,i dare say1 appear to less ,advantage when recommended by these ,embellishments of ,art4 ,polypth4 ,i wonder you should not know me better than to imagine ,i am always in earnest when ,i find fault4 ,my ,thoughts and yours1 ,i assure you1 agree exactly upon this ,subject4 ,i only wanted to engage you in some ,discourse till the ,shower was over2 and as the ,sky seems now quite clear1 if you will1 we'll venture out1 and visit what we have yet to see4 ,calloph4 ,you are a humorous ,fellow3 ,this is not the first time you have made me play my ,lungs to no purpose4----,as we walk along this ,terrace1 you may observe the great ,advantage of low ,walls3 ,by this means the ,garden is extended beyond its ,limits1 and takes in every thing entertaining that is to be met with in the range of half a ,county4 ,villages1 ,works of ,husbandry1 ,groups of ,cattle1 ,herds of ,deer1 and a ,variety of other beautiful ,objects1 are brought into the ,garden1 and make a ,part of the ,plan4 ,even to the nicest ,taste these rural ,scenes are highly delightful4 ,polypth4 ,nay you may add1 that whoever has no ,relish for them1 gives ,reason for a ,suspicion that he has no ,taste at all4 ,straight mine ,eye hath caught new ,pleasures1 ,whilst the ,landskip round it measures2 ,russet ,lawns1 and ,fallows gray4 ,where the nibbling flocks do stray2 ,mountains1 on whose barren ,breast ,the labouring ,clouds do often rest2 ,meadows trim with ,daisies pide1 ,shallow ,brooks1 and ,rivers wide3 ,towers and ,battlements it sees ,bosom'd high in tufted ,trees1 ,where perhaps some ,beauty lies1 ,the ,cynosure of neighbouring ,eyes4 ,hard by a ,cottage ,chimney smokes1 ,from betwixt two aged ,oaks4 ,calloph4 ,can you repeat no more8 ,i could have listened with great ,pleasure if you had gone on with the whole ,piece4 ,it is quite ,nature3 ,that ,view of an old ,castle1 bosom'd high in tufted ,trees1 pleases me exceedingly3 ,and the two following ,lines1 ,where perhaps some ,beauty lies1 ,the ,cynosure of neighbouring ,eyes1 give it an elegant1 romantic ,air2 and add greatly to the ,idea before conceived4----,but to pursue our former ,argument3 ,it must be owned indeed that these ,walks want such ,openings into the ,country as little as any ,place can well be imagined to do2 yet even ,stow itself1 ,i assure you1 is much improved by them4 ,they contrast beautifully with this more polished ,nature1 and set it off to greater ,advantage4 ,after surfeiting itself with the ,feast here provided for it1 the ,eye1 by using a little ,exercise in travelling about the ,country1 grows hungry again1 and returns to the ,entertainment with fresh ,appetite4 ,besides1 there is nothing so distasteful to the ,eye as a confined ,prospect 7where the ,reasonableness of it does not appear7 especially if a dead ,wall1 or any other such disagreeable ,object steps in between4 ,the ,eye naturally loves ,liberty1 and when it is in quest of ,prospects1 will not rest content with the most beautiful ,dispositions of ,art1 confined within a narrow ,compass1 but 7as soon as the ,novelty of the ,sight is over7 will begin to grow dissatisfied1 till the whole ,limits of the ,horizon be given it to range through4 ,polypth4 ,the ,eye1 according to your ,account1 seems to be something like a ,bee3 ,plant as many ,flowers as you will near its ,hive1 yet still the little ,insect will be discontented1 unless it be allowed to wander o'er the ,country1 and be its own ,caterer4----,i have got a few very severe ,exclamations at my ,tongue's ,end1 which ,i will not vent till you have told me the ,architect's ,name1 who has loaded the ,ground with that monstrous ,piece of ,building1 tho' ,i believe ,i can guess him without your ,information4 ,calloph4 ,suffer me to intercede in his ,behalf4 ,you are so unmerciful a ,reprover1 that ,i have not ,patience to hear you4 ,the ,room above is designed1 ,i am told1 to be fitted up in a very elegant manner2 but as very little is yet done to it1 we shall find nothing ,i fancy to answer the ,trouble of going up ,stairs4----,this ,part of the ,garden1 you see1 is yet unfinished4 ,if we have the ,pleasure of your ,company in this ,country next ,year1 you will see ,i dare say great ,alterations here4 ,that ,base is to shoot up into a lofty ,monument3 ,and several of those ,objects you see before you are to take new ,forms upon them4 ,polypth4 ,yonder likewise seems to be a ,monument#ai rising3 ,pray who is it intended to do ,honour to8 ,calloph4 ,why1 ,sir1 it is intended to do ,honour to a ,gentleman1 who has done ,honour to his ,country3 ,it is dedicated to the ,memory of ,captain ,grenville1 and joins with the ,nation in applauding a ,man1 who pushed forwards by ,honour1 and a ,love for his ,country1 met ,danger and ,death with the ,spirit of a ,roman4----,well1 how do you like the ,plan which you see laid out before you8 #ai ,since this ,view of the ,gardens was taken1 the ,monument here spoken of has been finished4 ,the following ,lines are a ,translation of its ,inscription1 which in the ,original is wrote in ,latin4 ,as a ,monument ,to testify both his ,applause and ,grief1 ,,richard ,lord ,viscount ,,cobham ,erected this ,naval ,pillar to the ,memory of his ,nephew ,,captain ,,grenville1 ,who commanding a ,ship of ,war in the ,british ,fleet ,under ,,admiral ,,anson1 ,in an ,engagement with the ,french1 was ,mortally wounded upon the ,thigh ,by a ,fragment of his shattered ,ship2 ,yet with his last ,breath had the ,bravery to cry out1 ,how much more desireable is it thus to meet ,death1 ,than1 convicted of ,cowardice1 to meet ,justice6 ,may this noble ,instance of ,virtue ,prove instructive to an abandoned ,age1 ,and teach ,britons how to act ,in their ,country's ,cause6 ,polypth4 ,as far as ,i can judge of the future ,landskip from this ,sketch1 it will be an admirable one4 ,i am extremely taken with it4 ,that ,bason has a very fine ,effect4--,i could return back the same ,round with great ,pleasure1 but my ,watch informs me that ,mr4----1 has been expecting us this half ,hour4 ,calloph4 ,is it so late8 ,the ,time has stole off very slily4 ,however you need be under no ,apprehensions2 that honest ,gentleman is seldom very hasty in his ,motions4 ,having thus finished their ,round1 our two ,gentlemen directed their ,faces back again towards the ,gate4 ,polypthon1 notwithstanding the sour ,humour he had given so many ,evidences of in his ,walk1 began now to relent1 and could talk of nothing but the agreeable ,entertainment that had been afforded him4 ,sometimes he would run out into the highest ,encomiums of the many beautiful ,terminations of the several ,walks and ,vistas2 and observe how many ,uses each ,object served1 and in how many different ,lights it was made to vary itself4 ,for ,instance1 says he1 the ,pavilion you shewed me from the ,temple of ,venus1 terminates that ,terrace in a very grand ,manner2 and makes likewise a very magnificent ,appearance1 where it corresponds with another of the same ,form1 at the ,entrance into the ,park3 ,yet the same ,building1 like a ,person acquainted with the ,world1 who can suit his ,behaviour to ,time and ,place1 can vary itself upon occasion into a more humble ,shape1 and when viewed thro' a retired ,vista1 can take upon it the lowly ,form of a close ,retreat4----,when he had enlarged pretty copiously upon this ,subject1 he would next launch out into the highest ,praises of the vast ,variety of ,objects that was every where to be met with3 ,men of all ,humours1 says he1 will here find something pleasing and suited to their ,taste4 ,the thoughtful may meet with retired ,walks calculated in the best ,manner for ,contemplation3 ,the gay and chearful may see ,nature in her loveliest ,dress1 and meet ,objects corresponding with their most lively ,flights4 ,the romantic ,genius may entertain itself with several very beautiful ,objects in its own ,taste1 and grow wild with ,ideas of the inchanted kind4 ,the disconsolate ,lover may hide himself in shady ,groves1 or melancholy wander along the ,banks of ,lakes and ,canals2 where he may sigh to the gentle ,zephyrs2 mingle his ,tears with the bubbling ,water2 or where he may have the best ,opportunity1 if his ,malady be grown to such an ,height1 of ending his ,despair1 and finishing his ,life with all the ,decency and ,pomp of a ,lover in a ,romance4 ,in short1 says he1 these ,gardens are a very good ,epitome of the ,world3 ,they are calculated for ,minds of every ,stamp1 and give free ,scope to ,inclinations of every kind3 ,and if it be said that in some ,parts they too much humour the debauched ,taste of the ,sensualist1 it cannot be denied on the other hand1 but that they afford several very noble ,incitements to ,honour and ,virtue4----,but what beyond all other things seemed most to please him1 was the amicable and beautiful ,conjunction of ,art and ,nature thro' the whole3 ,he observed that the former never appeared stiff1 or the latter extravagant4 ,upon many other ,topicks of ,praise ,polypthon run out with great ,warmth4 ,callophilus seemed surprized1 and could not forbear asking him1 ,by what means his ,opinions became so suddenly changed8 ,why1 says he1 ,sir1 ,i have said nothing now that contradicts any thing ,i said before4 ,i own ,i met with two or three ,objects that were not entirely to my ,taste1 which ,i am far from condemning for that ,reason2 tho' if ,i should1 it is nothing to the purpose1 because ,i am now taking a ,survey of the whole together2 in which ,light ,i must confess ,i am quite astonished with the ,view before me4 ,besides1 ,i hate one of your wondering ,mortals1 who is perpetually breaking out into a ,note of ,admiration at every thing he sees3 ,i am always apt to suspect his ,taste or his ,sincerity4 ,it is impossible that all ,genius's can alike agree 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