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ittg them, and from the different point of view 

 in which some of them are placed, by beins op- 

 posed to those of the sublime, they are more ap- 

 plicable to buildings, and the whole, as far as I 

 can judge, appears in a more clear and satisfac- 

 tory light. 



P. 265. 1. 20. Tlie following note is an extract from the 

 letter of a friend, admirably qualitied bdh by his 

 pen and his pencil, to throw light on the whole of 

 this subject. 



" When I was at Rome, Zucchi, who married 

 Angelica, was there. He was a great castle- 

 maker, and his mode of composing them, was to 

 draw first a bold and varied outline of the rock, 

 mountain, or eminence upon which his castle was 

 to stand. He then, with according lines, added 

 his castle; and you would be surprised to find 

 how the imagination is assisted by this practice, 

 and what towers, battlements, and projections 

 are suggested by it, which would not otherwise 

 have been thought of. 1 always observed that 

 his building was more varied and picturesque, in 

 exact proportion to the taste and happiness with 

 which the foundation-line was struck. How far 

 it might be serviceable to the architect of a re- 

 fined building to follow this practice, by taking 

 the line of the ground on which it was to stand, 

 by observing what part would be opposed to the 

 sky only, and what others would be backed and 

 accon)panied by trees, woods, and hills, and lastly 

 by designing his building according to the shapes 



