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tion, and applied to a purpose of a very op- 

 posite nature. Turrets, we have been used 

 to see on the tops of houses, and never as 

 supports to any thing above them ; their 

 form is pleasing in itself, and the circum- 

 stance of their beinc: hollow is in their 

 favour, whereas the usual solidity of co- 

 lumns is against them. Urns and vases, 

 as being highly ornamental, seem well 

 adapted to finished buildings on a small 

 scale ; but in what manner, and in what 

 cases, the different methods of improv- 

 ing the appearance of chimnies may be 

 applied, must be left to the judicious archi- 

 tect ; whom I always suppose to be one 

 who adds to the knowledge of his own art a 

 love for that of painting, and an acquaint- 

 ance with its principles. Such an artist, I 

 think, would be of opinion, that one of the 

 first points in a building is the general out- 

 line; and that in country houses the outline 

 of the summit is not the least principal : 

 that whatever will essentially improve that 

 outline, can hardly be purchased by too 

 great a sacrifice ; and that whatever tends 



