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dill ere nee of opinion betwixt the admirers of Grecian and those 



of Gothic Architecture, that an Artist must adopt either, accord- 



ing lo l he wishes of the individual by whom he is consulted; 

 happy if 



can 



ing; since there are few wh 



oid the mixture of both in the same build- 



) possess sufficient taste to distin- 

 giiish what is perfectly correct, and what is spurious in the two 

 different styles; while those who have most power to indulge 

 their taste, have generally had least leisure to study such 



ti;e. 



minu 



To this may perhaps 



e 



attributed the decline of good 



com 



taste in a country, with the increase of its wealth from 

 mercial speculation. 



By I lie recent works of professed Antiquaries, a spirit of 

 [niiy lias been excited respecting the dates of every specimen 



remains of ancient beauty or grandeur ; and the strictest 



that 



attention u> the 



dates may be highly 



proper, in repairs or 



ad, I it ions to old houses: but in erecting new buildings, it may 



reasonably be doubted, whether modern comfort ought to be 

 greatly sacrificed to external correctness in detail; and whether 

 ■ * vie may not be tolerated, which gives the most commodious 



mtmor, and only adopts the general outline and the picturesque 

 effect of old Gothic buildings. 



A mong the works professedly written on Architecture, there 



« none more effective and nseful than that by Sir William 



Chambers: and it were much to be wished that a similar work 



Got 



)IC 



Styl 



e could 



deemed necessary for Artists 

 and Rome in those countries 



e referre 



to 



t it has been 



to study the Remains of Greece 

 from whence they generally bring 









