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consider them as public or private. Amongst the former 

 we shall find such as belong to the nation generally, either 

 as the residence of the sovereign, or as belonging to the 



different departments of the executive government, or to 

 the legislature, or as devoted to the alleviation of sulFeriug 

 or to the maintenance of health, as poorhouses, hospitals, 

 and infirmaries of various kinds. They may be devoted 

 to the service of God, or to the deities worshipped by un- 

 civilized nations, as churches, temples, mosques, and other 

 similar edifices ; or they may be intended for the advance- 

 ment of literature and science, such as colleges and imi- 



versity buildings, museums, 



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erected for the amusement and recreation of the people, 

 or for the furtherance of public business^ as market-places, 

 town-halls, theatres, &c. "vVith regard to private resi- 

 dences, the different purposes are not so numerous ; but 

 even here we mav distinguish the habitations of the rich 

 and of the poor, and those intended for town or country 

 residences ; the different styles of villages in the country, 

 and the character of streets and houses in the towns ; villas 

 farm-houses, &c., and, in some cases, the different dwell- 

 ings of different tribes. This, in the case of those nomadic 

 people mIio still dwell in tents, is very remarkable. 



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Again, we may consider the buildings of a poviple either 

 with regard to the degree of civilization of which they 

 may be considered as the evidence, or to the progress 

 in art and architecture which they may be held to indi- 

 cate. For this purpose, not only is it desirable to point 

 out the style in which they are erected, but also the ma- 

 terials which have been used, and the mechanical 



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trivances by which they have been assisted. In this case 



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