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 ¬Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A silvan scene : and as the ranks ascend, Shade, above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view." ¬To fill up the smaller parts of this fine picture, I would rather refer to Horace Walpole, or Ma- son, or De Lisle, or still more to the delightful realities of England, than attempt any descrip- tion of my own; I am not in the hahits of writing, and always fall short in expressing what I feel. ¬We were now placed under a guide to con- duct us through this grand residence, (if rest- dence indeed I ought to call it,) because, though we met with labourers at every step, in great numbers, pruning the shrubs, sweeping the lawns, and supporting the flowers that were bending to the earth in luxuriant beauty, and rilling the air with inexpressible fragrance, I did not see one human being of any description to enjoy this heavenly retreat. I asked my young friend most earnestly how this strange solitude was to be accounted for; but before he ¬ srave