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But what if it could be shewn, that al thong?? 

 it be true that this rough dingy stone was used iff 

 tiie construction of the building, yet that the co- 

 lour and surface of the temple, when complete 

 and perfect, were as I had supposed them to be ! 

 What, if in addition to] Mr. Knight's valuable 

 suffrage, 1 should be able to adduce the highest 

 possible authority on the present occasion, in 

 favour of such a colour and surface ! no less than 

 that of the architect of the temple itself! This I 

 believe I can do, for there is the strongest reason 

 to suppose that the whole was originally covered 

 with stucco, some of it being still remaining on 

 parts of the building :* and this accounts in a 



* I am indebted for this, and for whatever curious information 

 is contained in this discussian, to an eminent architect, whose name 

 "would have fully established the accuracy of all his communications: 

 but I have denied myself the satisfaction I should have had in men- 

 tioning it, from finding, that although he was unwilling to refuse me 

 the permission, he would not have granted it without some reluct- 

 ance. I should on any occasion feel a little jay-like, if L were to 

 plume myself on borrowed feathers, as if they were my own ; and on 

 this, not a little ungrateful to the person who so kindly furnished them, , 

 if I did not publitkly acknowledge my obligation, although lie wishes 

 not to be named. If more reasons were wanting for doing, what it 

 xvould be so improper not to do, I may lastly add, what indeed is a 

 reason of no slight consequence, that instead of offering the whole as 

 coming from myself, I now confidently oppose to some points of 

 Mr. Knight's attack, the accurate observations, and professional 

 knowledge and judgment of an architect, who took particular paina 

 in examining the temple of Tivoli; and whose testimony with regard? 

 r.o the stucco lias peculiar weight, from his having, with his owa 

 kands, taken off a part of it from th« shafts ef the columns. 



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