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of architecture as a science, yet, by see* 

 ing the grandest and most beautiful spe- 

 cimens of that art happily grouped with 

 each other and with the surrounding ob- 

 jects, and displayed in the most favour- 

 able points of view, he may certainly ac- 

 quire a just idea of their forms and effects, 

 and their connection with scenery. He will 

 also gain a knowledge, not easily acquired 

 by any other means — that of the infi- 

 nitely diversified characters and effects of 

 broken and irregular buildings with their 

 accompaniments ; and of all that in them, 

 and in similar objects is justly called 

 picturesque, because they belong to pic- 

 tures, and to the productions of no other 

 art. 



The more I reflect on the whole of the 

 subject, the more I am convinced, that 

 the study of the principles of painting in 

 the works of eminent painters, is the best 

 method of acquiring an accurate and com- 

 prehensive taste and judgment, in all that 

 regards the effects and combinations of 



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