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more forcibly do the busts and statues and recorded deeds of
former worthies arouse the mind to a feeling of respect, when
we know that all which can remain is sacredly preserved on the
spot where they once enjoyed the regard of their cotempora-
Ties! Not having received the permission of the Noble Proprie-
tor to mention the name of his place, I must take the liberty
to explain the subject by the help of a sketch, without giving
the name.
Near the ancient seat of a NoBLE FAMILY, the Parish
Church (to which is attached the burial place used by the fa-
mily for more than seven centuries) is so close to the site of the
mansion, that some may perhaps think it too near; but a mo-
dern house has been restored on the original site, and is now so
intimately connected with the church, the church-yard, and
offices belonging to the house, that it is impossible not to be
pleased with the combined effect of such a mass of buildings.
This I have recommended to be increased, by preserving a
picturesque cottage, formerly the parsonage, and adding a
cemetary, to form the boundary of the church-yard.
It is remarkable, that in this neighbourhood a custom pre-
vails of profusely gilding the tombs and grave-stones, which
are some of white and some of a black stone; and I suggested
the idea of intermixing shrubs and beds of flowers with the
gilded and carved ornaments: the novelty of the scene would
tend to remove that degree of disgust which ought not to be
excited by the emblems of mortality, while we believe in the
immortality of man.