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the majestic Apollo, the brawny Hercu- 

 les, or the agonizing Laocoon. In Archi- 

 tecture, there is not less beauty in Gre- 

 cian columns, than in Gothic spires, pin- 

 nacles, and turrets. In Music, it is not 

 only the Bravura, the March, or Allegro 

 turioso, that ought to be permitted; we 

 must sometimes be charmed by the soft" 

 phiintive movement of the Siciliano, or 

 the tender graces of an Amoroso. In like 

 manner, Gardenmg must include the two 

 opposite characters of native wildness and 

 artificial comfort, each adapted to the 

 genius and character of the place; yet 

 ever mindful that near the residence of 

 man, convenience, and not picturesque 

 effect, must have the preference, where- 

 ever they are placed in competition with 

 each other. 



I flatter myself that no part of this 

 chapter will be deemed irrelevant to the 

 subject of my work, M'hich is an attempt 

 to explain and elucidate certain general 

 principles in the art I profess; especially 

 as those principles have been formally 

 attacked and misrepresented by one who 



