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Article CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF A DUMB PHILOSOPHER. ← Page 2 of 7 →
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Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
fountain , and in the middle of two brick walls , covered with trees of different sorts of wall-fruits , with seats at-proper distances , are two iron gates , leading to two walks of the grand garden , which terminate in very aoreeable vistos . The house , which is at the end of this fore-o-arden , is raised on an eminence of three steps , and a terrace of that heio-ht , and about ten feet broad , surrounds it , being bordered by alow brick wallcovered with stoneand adorned with beautiful
, , pots , containing great variety of exotics . , At each end of the front of the house are two large iron gates , which fill up the spaces between the corners ofthe house and the walls of the fore-garden , and lead each to a walk , ofthe length ofthe whole grand garden , that terminate in handsome alcoves . The entrance into the house is by a large handsome portico which leads you into a halladorned with
paint-, , ings of the best Italian masters . Opposite to the entrance are large foldino- d . Ttrs , leading into a fine inner apartment , which in wintertime serves as a stove or green-house , but in summer for a diningroom . In the middle of each side of the hall are other folding "doors , that lead into the side apartments , which consist of a parlour or
foreroom , an inner room or bed chamber , and a dressing-room , on each side , regularl y the same , and all with windows towards ihe garden . The hirers or ' middle room is exactly square , according to the walls , but the area of it is rendered circular , by twelve beautiful Corinthian columns , which support a gallery of the same form . The columns are joined by a ballustre of about two feet and a half high , and the whole gallery is encircled with the same ; behind whichboth above
, and below , are broad benches , rising gradually , one above the other , to the corners , to set the pots on in winter ; but in the summer there is only one handsome vase in the middle of each , with a gilt statue on each side : so that the whole has the resemblance of a beautiful amp hitheatre or- circus ; the stoves being hidden under the benches . Opposite to the folding doorsbwhich you enterare two other
, y , folding doors , leading to the terrace , and from thence , by a descent of three " steps , into the garden . To give you a description of all the beauties of this garden would be endless ; 1 shall , therefore , only tell you , that an exact symmetry reigns every where , and give you a general idea how it is ' laid out . The whole garden is pretty near a
square , of about a thousand feet , and wnen you descend into it backwards , you come into a walk of about twelve feet broad , which joins the two side walks , preceding from the two iron gates , on each side of the house , in the fore-garden . Between these two walks , for about two hundred feet , is a handsome parterre , with a fountain in the middle of if , . and , four cross walks leading up to it . In the middle of the four squares , formed by these cross walks , are again large
statues , and in the borders several smaller , intermixed with vases and ever-greens . From the end of this parterre , and about two thirds of the breadth of it , opens the grand" visto , planted with four rows of elms , which divide it into one large and two smaller walks . The middle , or large walk , does not run above two hundred feet ; but is continued by a canal or fish-pond , with the rows of elms , and sidewalks , to the end , and terminate with a cross-walk , and a haw-haw ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
fountain , and in the middle of two brick walls , covered with trees of different sorts of wall-fruits , with seats at-proper distances , are two iron gates , leading to two walks of the grand garden , which terminate in very aoreeable vistos . The house , which is at the end of this fore-o-arden , is raised on an eminence of three steps , and a terrace of that heio-ht , and about ten feet broad , surrounds it , being bordered by alow brick wallcovered with stoneand adorned with beautiful
, , pots , containing great variety of exotics . , At each end of the front of the house are two large iron gates , which fill up the spaces between the corners ofthe house and the walls of the fore-garden , and lead each to a walk , ofthe length ofthe whole grand garden , that terminate in handsome alcoves . The entrance into the house is by a large handsome portico which leads you into a halladorned with
paint-, , ings of the best Italian masters . Opposite to the entrance are large foldino- d . Ttrs , leading into a fine inner apartment , which in wintertime serves as a stove or green-house , but in summer for a diningroom . In the middle of each side of the hall are other folding "doors , that lead into the side apartments , which consist of a parlour or
foreroom , an inner room or bed chamber , and a dressing-room , on each side , regularl y the same , and all with windows towards ihe garden . The hirers or ' middle room is exactly square , according to the walls , but the area of it is rendered circular , by twelve beautiful Corinthian columns , which support a gallery of the same form . The columns are joined by a ballustre of about two feet and a half high , and the whole gallery is encircled with the same ; behind whichboth above
, and below , are broad benches , rising gradually , one above the other , to the corners , to set the pots on in winter ; but in the summer there is only one handsome vase in the middle of each , with a gilt statue on each side : so that the whole has the resemblance of a beautiful amp hitheatre or- circus ; the stoves being hidden under the benches . Opposite to the folding doorsbwhich you enterare two other
, y , folding doors , leading to the terrace , and from thence , by a descent of three " steps , into the garden . To give you a description of all the beauties of this garden would be endless ; 1 shall , therefore , only tell you , that an exact symmetry reigns every where , and give you a general idea how it is ' laid out . The whole garden is pretty near a
square , of about a thousand feet , and wnen you descend into it backwards , you come into a walk of about twelve feet broad , which joins the two side walks , preceding from the two iron gates , on each side of the house , in the fore-garden . Between these two walks , for about two hundred feet , is a handsome parterre , with a fountain in the middle of if , . and , four cross walks leading up to it . In the middle of the four squares , formed by these cross walks , are again large
statues , and in the borders several smaller , intermixed with vases and ever-greens . From the end of this parterre , and about two thirds of the breadth of it , opens the grand" visto , planted with four rows of elms , which divide it into one large and two smaller walks . The middle , or large walk , does not run above two hundred feet ; but is continued by a canal or fish-pond , with the rows of elms , and sidewalks , to the end , and terminate with a cross-walk , and a haw-haw ,