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the beautiful Sn buildings ; and having of- 

 fered some reasons, why the use, and the 

 neglect of those buildings which are generally 

 allowed to be picturesque, should in many 

 pictures be so contrary to what we nhgbt ex- 

 pect from the general style, and from the 

 turn of mind of those who painted them, I 

 shall now offer some remarks on the cha- 

 racter of the picturesque as it more or less 

 prevails in different kinds of buildings 

 viewed under different circumstances. I 

 shall also mention the hints which archi- 

 tects appear to have taken from irregular 

 additions to buildings, and the advantages 

 which possibly might result with respect to 

 their art, were the plan and form of houses 

 sometimes to be guided by the picturesque 

 disposition of the trees, and of the other ob- 

 jects by which they would be accompanied. 



I have shewn in an early part of my first 

 Essay, how time and decay convert a beau- 

 tiful building into a picturesque one, and 

 by what process the change is operated. 

 That the character of every building must 

 be essentially changed by decay, is very 



