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It is ftot probable, that Phryne was igno- 

 rant or neglectful, of the charms of variety 

 and of partial concealment; and if the 

 most perfect forms may be rendered still 

 more attractive by what is foreign to them, 

 how much more those, which have little or 

 no pretensions to beauty ! How many build- 

 ings have I seen, which, with their trees, 

 attract and please every eye! but deprive 

 one of them of those accompaniments* 

 what a solitary deserted object would re- 

 main I I will not go on with the parallel, 

 but I believe the effect would in both cases 

 be very similar. 



It may very naturally occur to any 

 reader, and without the desire of cavilling, 

 that if painters sometimes did, and some- 

 times did not accompany their buildings 

 with trees; if both they and architects, 

 sometimes did, and sometimes did not vary 

 the lines, heights, and dispositions of their 

 buildings, the same liberty, according to 

 the author's own principles, ought to be 

 allowed to the improver. Nothing can be 

 more just; and I should be very sorry tQ 



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