the Reign of Henry VIII. 183 



One muft have tafte to be fenfible of the 

 beauties of Grecian architedlure ; one only- 

 wants pafllons to feel Gothic. In St. Pe- 

 ter's one is convinced that it was built by- 

 great princes — In Weftminfter-abbey^ one 

 thinks not of the builder ; the religion of 

 the place nnakes die firft impreflion^ — and 

 though ftripped of it's altars and fhrincs, it 

 is nearer converting one to popery than all 

 the regular pageantry of Roman domes. 

 Gothic churches infufe fuperflition -, Gre- 

 ciaH;, admiration. The papal fee amaffed 

 it's wealth by Gothic cathedrals;, and dif- 

 plays it in Grecian temples. ^'' 



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* In the fix volumes of letters publiihed at Rome and 

 intituled, Raccolta di Lettere fulla Pittura, Scultura cd 

 Architettura, are feveral of Monfr. Mariette, a moft 

 worthy man, but too naturally infedled by the preju- 

 dices of his country, his religion, and his profeffion of 

 connoilTeur. All profeffions are too apt to be led by 

 words, and to talk by rote. ConnoilTeurs in the arts are 

 not the leall; bigotted. Tafle has it's inquifition as well 

 as popery : and though M. Mariette has been too par- 

 tial to me, he has put this work in his Index Expurga,. 

 torius, from totally mifunderftanding my meaning. 

 Here follows his cenfure of the paffage above, in which 

 I have afcribed more addrefs to the architedls of Gothic 

 churches, than to thofe of St. Peter's — not as archi- 

 tects. 



