One of the views from the house at THORESBY looked towards ------------------- "the long line Deep delv'd of flat canal, and all that toil, Misled by tasteless fashion, could achieve, To mar fair Nature's lineaments divine." MASON. As, in this instance, I shall have occasion to propose a different idea to that suggested by Mr. Brown, I must beg leave to explain the reasons on which I ground my opinion. Amidst the numerous proofs of taste and judgment which that celebrated landscape gardener has left for our admiration, he frequently mistook the character of running water; he was too apt to check its progress, by converting a lively river into a stagnant pool, nay, he even dared to check the progress of the furious Derwent at Chatsworth, and transform it into a tame and sleepy river unworthy the majesty of that palace of the mountains. Such was his intention with respect to the stream of water which flows through THORESBY PARK; but since the lake presents a magnificent expanse of water, the river below the cascade should be restored to its natural character: a rivulet in motion.
[Charles Meadows (1737 - 1816) became the 1st Earl Manvers in 1806. He moved into Thoresby Hall and in 1791 consulted Humphry Repton's advice on how to improve the grounds around Thoresby Hall. He was succeeded by his son Charles Herbert, 2nd Earl Manvers, Lord Newark]
