The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828

CLARENCE TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK

CLARENCE TERRACE,

ORIGIN OF PARISHES

STANZAS,

EXECUTION AND LAST MOMENTS OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSEL

INDEPENDENCE OF PORTUGAL

RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN COLOMBIA

THE DRAUGHTSMAN;3 OR, HINTS ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING

OBSERVATIONS ON, AND RULES FOR, SKETCHING

FINE ARTS

BRITISH INSTITUTION

ANCIENT ROMAN FESTIVALS

NOTES OF A READER

CAPTAIN POPANILLA'S VOYAGE

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

THE NOVELIST

THE MARRIAGE LESSON

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

SUMMER MORNING LANDSCAPE.—DELTA

THE GATHERER

CHANGING COIN

VOLTAIRE

ABROAD AND AT HOME

PARODY OF THE FIRST SONG IN THE BEGGAR'S OPERA

GARRICK AND STERNE

UNPALATABLE IMPROVEMENT

CHARMS OF A DUEL

WESTMINSTER HALL

OUT OF DEBT

NEWSPAPER LIBELS

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Thomson's Castle of Indolence.

The annexed continuation of our illustrated ramble in the Regent's Park is named Clarence Terrace, in compliment to the illustrious Lord High Admiral of England. It consists of a centre and two wings, of the Corinthian order, connected by colonnades of the Ilyssus Ionic order, and altogether presents a picturesque display of Grecian architecture. The three stories are a rusticated entrance, or basement; and a Corinthian drawing-room and chamber story; surmounted with an elegant entablature and balustrade. In the details, the spectator cannot fail to admire the boldness and richness of the columns supporting the pediment in the centre, and the classic beauty of the pilasters which decorate the wings.

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Clarence Terrace is from the designs of Mr. Decimus Burton, to whose ingenious pencil we are indebted for some of the splendid architectural combinations in this district. The present terrace is, we believe, the smallest in the park, but yields to none in picturesque effect and harmonious design; and the variety of its composition renders it one of the most attractive illustrations of our series. It is likewise worthy of remark, that this portion of the Regent's Park, from its natural beauties, is entitled to the first-rate embellishment of art, inasmuch as the basement of Clarence Terrace commands a "living picture" of extraordinary luxuriance; and from the drawing-room windows the lake may be seen studded with little islands, and environed with lawny slopes and unusual park-like vegetation:

Clarence Terrace is on the western side of the park, and adjoins Sussex Place, whose cupola tops were the signals for critical censure and ridicule among the first structures in this quarter. The artists have, however, profited by the lesson, and the architecture of the Regent's Park bids fair to rank among the proudest successes of art.

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