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It is not probable, that Phryne was igno- 

 rant or neglccttul, of the charms oF variety 

 and of partial conceahnent; and if the 

 most perfect forms may be rendered still 

 more attractive by what is foreign to them, 

 how much more those, which have little or 

 no pretensions to beauty ! How many build- 

 ings have I seen, which, with their trees, 

 attract and please every eye ! but deprive 

 one of them of those accompaniments, 

 what a soliUiry deserted object would re- 

 main ! I will not go on with the parallel, 

 but I believe the eftect would in both cases 

 be very similar. 



It may very naturally occur to any 

 reader, and w^ithout the desire of cavilling, 

 that if painters sometimes did, and some- 

 times did not accompany their buildings 

 with trees ; if both they and architects, 

 sometimes did, and sometimes did not vary 

 the lines, heights, and dispositions of their 

 buildings, the same liberty, according to 

 the autlior's own principles, ought to b 

 allowed ta'the improver. Nothing can I 

 more just; and I should bq very sgrry 



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