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also, of many picturesque additionfi, stich 

 as turrets rising above, or projectiug beyond 

 t)iti main body, most of wlii^h additions 

 and vaj'iations were probably taken from 



those of a similar kind in the ancient 

 castles.* 



The spire has its own peculiar beauty, 

 though of a very inferior kind to that of the 

 tower ; yet there are situations, where the 

 spire, on account of its height, and for the 

 sake of variety, may have the preference: 

 but as its beauty consists in its height, its 

 SiTadual diminution, and its connection 

 with the base, nothing can be more absurd 

 than a short spire stuck upon a tower, and 

 that by way of ornament. 



* The well«know n passage in Milton, 



*' Towers and battleraenis it sees 



" Bosom'd high in tufted trees," 

 has,! beheve, been most coramonly supposed to fefcc t$ 

 churches of that form : but I should rather coixroiv* that it 

 alludes to a castle ; a more suitable, because a more roman- 

 tic habitation for th« "Cynosure of neighboTjring evts,'' 

 thao 41 tvillage or a town. 



