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houses built in Queen Elizabeth's tipne, 

 where Grecian columns arc introduced; 

 nevertheless, we always consider them as 

 Gothic buildings, of which magnificent 

 specimens remain in Longleat and Wool- 

 lerton. 



In Grecian architecture we expect 

 bold cornices, Avindows ranged perfectly 

 on the same line, and that line often more 

 strongly marked by an horizontal facia. 

 But there are few breaks of any great 

 depth; and if there be a portico, the sha- 

 dow made by the columns is very trifling, 

 compared wilh that broad horizontal sha- 

 dow proceeding from the soffit. The only 

 ornament its roof will admit of, is either 

 a flat pediment departing very little from 

 the horizontal tendency, or a dome still 

 rising from an horizontal base. With such Lines of 

 buildings it may often be observed that how best' 



^ . ^ , . , , contrasted 



trees or a pointed or conic shape have a by Trees, 

 beautiful effect, I believe chiefly from 

 the circumstance of contrast; though an 

 association with the ideas of Italian paint- 

 ings, where mc often see Grecian edifices 

 blended with firs and cypresses, may also 



