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city, without the clanger of baldness, Tire 

 situation of a bridge most commonly con- 

 fers on it sudh distinctioi "., that/it 'wants no 

 ornaments to markit,anc to 'detach it from 

 other objects : then the arches themselves 

 form such grand and beautiful openings, 

 that they "require no artificial breaks or em- 

 bellishments to disguise or adorn them; for 

 their natural arrangement, is as simple and 

 beautiful as their form : whereas in some 

 of the necessary apertures in other-buildings, 

 such as the windows in houses, there is no- 

 thing of intrinsic beauty or grandeur; and in 

 their arrangement, the architect is frequently 

 embarrassed how to make beauty accord 

 with convenience. 



Where richness, massiness, depth and 

 variety of light and shadow, are the archi- 

 tect's principal aim, bold, varied, and mas- 

 sy projections, with ornaments of a cor- 

 respondent character, are the obvious means 

 of producing them. But where his aim is 

 beauty, and that degree and style of light- 

 ness which is consistent with a look of so- 

 liditv, there, I believe, such projections, 



