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P. 360t I. 21. ] have remarked in the te^t, that plain ^iti- 

 pie gotb''^, is almost as great a contradiction as 

 plain simple enrichment; and the same idea ha3 

 occurred to me in looking at the excellent repre- 

 sentations of eastern buildings, which within a few 

 years have been published. In many of those 

 buildings, the whole taken together, gives a striking 

 impression of richness and magnificence ; and the 

 manner in which they generally are raised on ai 

 platform, so as never to appear rising crudely, 

 and without any preparation from the ground, to- 

 gether with other circumstances in the arrange- 

 ment of the parts, may afford useful hints to ar- 

 chitects of every country: but were all the orna- 

 ments to be removed, and the naked buildings to 

 remain, the want of more perfect design and 

 studied proportion, would be very glaring. Gre- 

 cian Architecture, on the other hand, admits in- 

 deed of the richest ornaments, and is beautiful 

 when so decorated ; but such is the well-studied 

 proportion and arrangement of its forms, that ia 

 one sense it may be said to be more beautiful 

 without ornaments. I have sometimes been so 

 pleased with the effect of great simplicity in 

 buildings of that style, as to apply to Grecian 

 architecture in general, what was so happily said 

 of a beautiful woman — 



Induitur formosa est ; exuitur, ipsa forma est* 



END OF VOL. II. 

 J. e. Bernard, Printer, Skinuer Street, LoHdoe^ 







