Wesley Corpus

* Upon the whole, I cannot but prefer Cobham gardens to those at Stow : For, 1. The river at Cobham shames all the ponds at * The following is Boscawen's translation of these verses from Horace :-- Thy lands, thy dome, thy pleasing wife, These must thou quit; 'tis nature's doom : No tree, whose culture charms thy life, Save the sad cypress, waits thy tomb. Of meat and drink, of pleasure and of play, You've had your fill : 'Tis time you steal away, Lest you be jostled off by that brisk race Whom sports become, and wanton revels grace.--EDIT, 170 REv. J. Wesley’s [Nov. 1779. Stow. 2. There is nothing at Stow comparable to the walk near the wheel which runs up the side of a steep hill, quite grotesque and wild. 3. Nothing in Stow gardens is to be compared to the large temple, the pavilion, the antique temple, the grotto, or the building at the head of the garden; nor to the neatness which runs through the whole. But there is nothing even at Cobham to be compared, 1. To the beautiful cross at the entrance of Stourhead gardens. 2. To the vast body of water. 3. The rock-work grotto. 4. The temple of the sun. 5. The hermitage. Here too every thing is nicely clean, as well as in full preservation. Add to this, that all the gardens hang on the sides of a semicircular mountain. And there is nothing either at Cobham or Stow which can balance the advantage of such a situation. On this and the two following evenings I preached at Whittlebury, Towcester, and Northampton. On Saturday I returned to London. Mon. 18.--I set out for Sussex; and after visiting the societies there, returned to London on Saturday, 23. I was in hopes, by bringing her with me, to save the life of Miss A., of Ewhurst, far gone in a consumption. But she was too far gone: So that though that journey helped her for awhile, yet she quickly relapsed, and soon after died in peace. Sun. 24.--I preached a charity sermon in Shadwell church. I spoke with all possible plainness. And surely some, out of an immense multitude, will receive the truth, and bring forth fruit with patience. Mon. 25.-I set out for Norwich. Tuesday, 26. I went on to Yarmouth; on Wednesday to Lowestoft; on Friday to Loddon.