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sidered a less beautiful and perfect, yet which is certainly a 

 more bold, varied, and, if we may use the term, accommoda- 

 ting style. The Roman style is distinguished from its 

 prototype by the introduction of arched openings over the 

 doors and windows, story piled over story, often with col- 

 umns of different orders, instead of the simple unbroken line 

 of the Greek edifices. In decoration, the buildings in this 

 style vary from plain, unornamented exteriors, to the most 



[Fig. i!6- View nt Pn 



: Isle, Ihe resi'Jence of Wm. Denning, Esq., Dutchess Co. N. Y-] 



highly decorated facades; and instead of being confined to 

 the few fixed principles of the Greek, the greatest latitude 

 is often observed in the proportions, forms, and decorations 

 of buildings in the Roman style. These very circumstances, 

 while they rendered the style less perfect as a fine art, or for 

 public edifices, gave it a pliability, or facility of adaptation, 

 which fitted it more completely for domestic purposes. For 



