London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 394
tion.To illustrate my meaning by an example, I may instance a placein my own neighbourhood, which has many advantages of situ-ation, and is considered hereabout as a pattern for a wealthycountry gentlemans residence. The house is large and hand-some, and consists of a centre and two wings,… … tiful vale, on a gentle eminence, in a well-wooded small park.Behind it, at a short distance, is a steep bank of wood, and infront is a rich confined view over the park, and some beautifulmeadows, with a stream winding through them, to another woodybank on the opposite side of the vale; the church…
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