and comfort, I am inclined to call the 

 whole, if not beautiful, at least pretty, 

 and pleasing; and yet it is so strangely 

 irregular, and has so little of any thing like 

 design or symmetry, that I am in doubt 

 whether I may venture to call it any thing 

 but odd." 



" You put me in mind of the French," 

 said Mr. Hamilton ; " when they are afraid 

 of risking too serious a commendation, 

 they often say, ' mais, c'est assez drole !' 

 and you have taken something of the same 

 cautious method, for fear of shocking me 

 with an improper term. I, of course, 

 imagine, that your question refers to the 

 distinction, about which Howard and I 

 are not agreed ; and if you are really de- 

 sirous that I should read a lecture on the 

 subject with respect to buildings, I never 

 can have a better opportunity/* 



" Take care," said Mr, Howard, laugh- 

 ing, " how you get entangled among these 

 nice distinctions ; there is a sort of pursuit 

 which leads us further from the game— 

 what sportsmen call, running heel" 



