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Chambers, William
A Dissertation On Oriental Gardening — London: Griffin [u.a.], 1773

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turned into the same *open spaces, and the different
companies are agreeably surprized to meet where theyj
may view each other, and satissy their curiosity without
impediment,-
The Chinese Gardeners very seldom finissr any of their
walks en cul de fac\ carefully avoiding all unpleasant
disappointments : but is at any time the nature of the
situation obliges them to it, they always terminate at
some interesting object; which lessens the disappointmenU,
and takes off the idea of a childifli conceit.
Neither do they ever carry a walk round the extremities
cf a piece of ground, and leave the middle entirely open>
as it is too osten done amongss us:Tor though it mi^ht
render the ssrst glance striking.and noble, they think the
pleasure would be of short duration; and that the
spedator would be but moderately entertained, by
walking several miles, with the same objects continually
obtruding, upon his sight. Is the ground they have to
work upon be small, and they choose. to exhibit a grand
fcene^
 
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