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the shaven lawn in the front of such 

 houses ; yet to place a palace in the mid- 

 dle of a grass field was one of those ex- 

 cesses of innovation, to which all kinds 

 of reform are ever liable. 



The first object of improvement at Example. 



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Longleat, within the department or Art, 

 should be to restore its architectural im- 

 portance, to increase its greatness, by 

 spreading its influence; but this requires 

 some caution. The stables and the offices 

 should form parts of one great whole; 

 but if they be too much extended, or too 

 rich in design, they will counteract this 

 effect. 



A palace must not be a solitary object; Appendages 



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it requires to be supported and surrounded 

 by subordinate buildings, which, like the 

 attendants on Royalty, form part of its 

 state; but a building of greater length 

 than the house becomes a rival, rather 

 than an humble attendant: and there is 

 some dangrerin makino* stables and meaner 

 offices dispute with the house in richness 

 of ornament. It will be sufficient if the 

 gates, or some elevated turrets of such 



