113 



that 



seems plausible, beyond tbat of amusement lo 



from variety, is, that by examining and con 

 designs, the best parts of each may be selected ; but th 

 tradicted by every days experience. 



»e mind 



paring different 



s is con- 



There is no instance in wJ 



1 



good plan has ever be 



insi 



since 



result of much diversity of opinion: and in no 

 the effort of Beaumont and Fletcher, has combined genius ex- 

 celled individual unity of talent or experience. 



o 



the 



k 



th 



e preceding Fragment, which recom 



mends " placing the best rooms towards the best Views and 



a 



best 



s 



pects 



» 



I should add 



a 



a 



th 



not pi 



the entrance on 



e same side o 



ic 



house 



WJ 



111 th 



e principal apartments 



» 



thus, after all, it will be found, that 



nine times in ten the 



entrance must be on the north side; and notwithstanding the 



absurdity of a magnificent portico towards that uspect 

 no sunshine can illumine its columns 

 almost all the finest 



w 



or 



req 



its shad 



ortl 



porticos in England are placed to the 



and 



have myself, fi 



ity, been compelled to 



do so in many instances, against my better judgment 



* 



n 



pproaching the close of my active life, it is natural that 



I should look back on the various objects which have claimed 



* 



The late Sir William Chambers asserts, that the entrance to a House, like 



on a face, was the principal feature, and ought to be the most prominent Yet in his 

 own Villa at Whitton he had five doors in the principal front: that in the centre opened 

 into a shell-work grotto, used as a dairy. Such is the difference betwixt Theory and 

 Practice, even where the Professor may be supposed to have been uncontrolled. 



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