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little accommodations expressive of purpose, become necessa- 

 ry, and therefore when properly arranged, add to the beauty 

 of Rural Architecture. But the admirer of the pure Greek 

 models is obliged to forego the majority of these ; and to come 

 within the prescribed form of the rectangular parallelogram, 

 his apartments must be of a given size and a limited num- 

 ber, while many things, both exterior and interior, which 

 convenience might otherwise prompt, have to bow to the 

 despotic sway of the " pure Greek model."* In a dwelling 

 of moderate dimensions how great a sacrifice of room is made 

 to enable the architect to display the portico alone ! We 

 speak now, chiefly, of houses of the ordinary size, for if one 

 chooses to build a palace, it is evident that ample accommo- 

 dations may be obtained in any style. 



It has been well observed by 

 modern critics, that there is no 

 reason to believe the temple 

 , form was ever, even by the 

 11=;= ^ Greeks, used for private dwell- 

 ings, which easily accounts for 

 g_ our comparative failure, in 

 ^^^^^^ constructing well arranged, 

 11 g 25 Roman Residence J Small resideuccs in thls style. 



The Romans, either unable to compose in the simple ele- 

 gance and beauty of the Grecian style, or feeling its want of 

 adaptation to the multifarious usages of a more luxurious 

 state of society, created for themselves what is generally con- 



* We are well aware that such is the rage for this style among us, just now, 

 and so completely have our builders the idea of its unrivalled supremacy in their 

 heads, that many submit to the most meagre conveniences, under the name of 

 closets, libraries, etc., in our country houses, without a murmur, believing that 

 they are realizing the perfection of domestic comfort. 



