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instead of receiving them from him. There 

 is indeed no class of buildings, among which 

 a more marked diversity of character is to 

 be found than that of bridges ; yet at the 

 same time there is none, in which the ap- 

 proved regular models are so well suited to 

 various situations : the splendid mansions 

 which we admire in a city, are seldom in 

 character when placed in the midst of a 

 landscape ; but a bridge which adorns a 

 metropolis, does not misbecome a scene of 

 mere wood and water. 



Having now taken a view of the differ- 

 ent characters and styles of real buildings, 

 interspersed, however, with such illustra- 

 tions from those in pictures as I thought 

 might throw an occasional light on the sub- 

 ject, I will now more fully and distinctly 

 consider the use, which both in history and 

 landscape, some of the principal painters 

 of different schools and countries have 

 made of buildings, from the highest style 

 of architecture, to the simplest cottage--?r 

 from those which are in their freshest 



