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M'hich aflord a greater variety of useful 

 hints to the generahty of improvers, and 

 such as might more easily be carried 

 into practice, than those grander scenes 

 which are exhibited in the liisher schools 

 of painting, All the splendid effects of ar^ 

 chitecturc, and of asseqiblages of magnifi- 

 cent buildings, whether in cities, or amidst 

 rural scenery, cai> only be displayed by 

 princes, and men of princely revenues : 

 bi;t it i? in the power of men of moderate 

 fortunes, by me^ns of slight additions and 

 alterations, to prodqce a yery essential 

 change in the appearance of farm buildings, 

 cottages &c. and in the grouping of theni 

 in villagefe ; and such effects, though less 

 splendid than those of regular architecture, 

 are not less interesting. There is, indeed, 

 ,no scpne where such a variety of forms and 

 embellishments may be introduced at sq 

 sn^iall aq expence, apd ^vithout an}^ thing 

 fantastic, or unnatural, as that of a village; 

 none Avhere the lover of painting, and the 

 lover of humanity, rnay find so many 

 spiirces of amusement and int^r^s^. 



