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being properly attended to ; for what lias 

 been the subject of keen and amusing re- 

 dicule, -will seldom become the object of 

 study, or imitation. It appears to me that 

 at Blenheim, Vanbrugh conceived and ex- 

 ecuted a very bold and difficult design ; 

 that of uniting in one building, the beauty 

 and magnificence of Grecian architecture, 

 the picturesqueness of the Gothic, and the 

 massive grandeur of a castle ; and that in 

 spite of the many faults with which he is 

 very justly reproached, he has formed, in a 

 style truly his own, a well-combined whole, 

 a mansion worthy of a great prince and 

 warrior. His first point seems to have been 

 massiveness, as the foundation of grandeur. 

 Then, to prevent that mass from being a 

 lump, he has made various bold projections 

 of various heights, which from different 

 points serve as foregrounds to the main 

 building. And, lastly, having probably been 

 struck with the variety of outline against the 

 skyjin many Gothic and other ancient build- 

 ings, he has raised on the top of that part, 

 where the slanting roof begins in many 



