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city, without the danger of balcliicss. The 

 situation bf ja bridge most common ly coh- 

 fers on it such cTistinction, that'it wants lio 

 ornaments to marlv it,and to detach it (rbih 

 other o]ijects : then the arches themselves 

 form such grand and beautiful openings, 

 that they require no artificial breaks or em- 

 bellishments to disguise or adorn them; for 

 their natural arrangement,'is as simple and 

 beautiful as their form : >vherea^ in some 

 of the necessary apertures in other buildings, 

 such as the windt^ivs in houses, there is no- 

 thing of intrinsic beauty or grandeur; and in 

 their arrangement, the architect is fre(|uen'th' 

 embarrassed bow to make beauty accord 

 with convenience. 



"Where richness, massihess, depth and 

 variety of light and shadow% are the arclii- 

 tect's principal aim, bold, varied, and mas- 

 sy projections, with ornaments of a cor-? 

 respondent character, are the obvious means 

 of producing them. But where his aim is 

 beauty, and that degree and style of light- 

 ness which is consistent with a look of so- 

 lidity, there, I believe, sucli projections, 



