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strict regularity -would be thought incurable 

 blemishes) might, by ineans of trees and 

 shrubs, or of climbing plants trained about 

 wood or stone work, be transformed into 

 beauties ; which, at the same time that they 

 "were interesting in the detail, would very 

 essentially contribute to the rich effect of 

 the whole. 



I am well convinced, that such a dispo- 

 sition of the outside would suggest to an 

 artist of genius, no less varied and pictu- 

 resque effects within ; and that the ar- 

 rangement of the rooms, would oftentimes 

 be at least as convenient as in a more uni- 

 form plan. I am, likewise, convinced, that 

 a house of that kind would not be admired 

 by men of a picturesque taste only ; for I 

 have had occasion to observe, that men of 

 a different turn are often struck -with a 

 certain appearance of irregularity in the 

 distribution of a house, and in the shapes 

 of the rooms ; and even to conceive an 

 idea of comfort from it. ^Vith respect 

 to the improvement of the view, there can 

 ))e no doubt ; and whatever constitutes 



