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namely, that in both the buildings the pre- 

 sent surface slrould be changed, for the ap- 

 pearance of a rough dark-coloured stone. 

 I believe there can be no doubt, supposing 

 the same forms to remain, how much their 

 beauty would be diminished, though their 

 grandeur might possibly be increased. But 

 let him proceed still farther, and take away 

 in idea the other circumstances of beauty, 

 which in Grecian architecture, are always 

 in some degree mixed with those of gran- 

 deur ; and which may account for that air 

 gf elegance, which prevails even in the most 

 majestic among them. Let all the buildings 

 in the picture have bulk and massiveness, 

 and so disposed, as to impress the fullest, 

 and most awful ideas of those qualities : 

 but on the other hand let them be with- 

 out lightness and airiness, or any of those 

 highly finished ornaments, which give such 

 grace to the buildings as they now stand; 

 then, if the universal feeling of mankind 

 would pronounce, that to deprive objects 

 of the qualities which Mr. 33urke has as- 

 signed to beauty, would make them cease 



