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neither the horizontal nor perpendicu- 

 lar lines prevail, but which consists of a 

 confused mixture of both; this is called 

 Chinese. ' ' 



The two characters of architecture 

 might perhaps be distinguished by merely 

 calling the one Gothic, or of old date, and 

 the other Grecian, or modem; but it is 

 not the style or date that necessarily de- 

 termines the character. If a building is 

 seen from so great a distance that none 

 of its parts can be distinguished, yet the 

 prevalence of horizontal or perpendi- 

 cular lines at once fixes and determines 

 the character. The first we should call 

 a Grecian, or modern house; the latter 

 a Gothic, or an old house. I may here 

 observe, that it is unnecessary to retain 

 the Gothic character within the mansion, 

 at least farther than the hall, as it would 

 subject such buildings to much inconve- 

 nience ; for since modern improvement 

 has added glass sashed windows to the 

 ancient Grecian and Roman architecture, 

 in like manner the inside of a Gothic 

 building may, with the same propriety, 



