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decoi-^.^^'d with u >ort of open work of .small 

 knobs or projeqtions ; and the same kind 

 of oraanient j^t remaiuH with peculiarly 

 elegant efet* in mmij of our old churches^ 

 and housics." ;iUii.» . 



These apd other onianients and '-varia- 

 tions judieioiusly applied, would give a 

 pkfisiBg variety to slanting roofs of every 

 kind ; aiKl tp some, of them , n here the scale 

 WQs^ m% too iMge^ a degree of finished 

 Ipeautj W04!tby of beiiag' allied with tlie 

 most polished a^rchitecture. But whatever 

 changes or improvements may be made in 

 the ap])earance of auch Kxois by persons 

 whose taste led them towards such objects, 

 in general the common materials of the 

 country, and. the common method of using 

 tji^m^ will Qf course be emjjioyed , and 

 suc]i miifbrmity and plainness are not only 

 11 at u raf ai^d; proper, but give a zes t tx) . any ' 

 deviations from them. 



There is an idea of rural simplicity an- 

 nexed to a thatched cottage, which is very 

 njuch in favour of that covering ; and in- 

 d^d the appearance of new thatch, ix)th 



