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as what is most conspicuous, has the most 

 extensive influence whether in good or in 

 bad, a tall building, caeteris paribus, may 

 perhaps contend for the palm of ugliness. 

 When I consider the striking natural beauties 

 of such a river as that at Matlock, and the 

 effect of the seven-story buildings that have 

 been raised there, and on other beautiful 

 streams, for cotton manufactories, I am in- 

 clined to think that nothing can equal them 

 for the purpose of dis-beautifying an en- 

 chanting piece of scenery; and thatoeconomy 

 had produced, what the greatest ingenuity, 

 if a prize were given for ugliness, could not 

 surpass. They are so placed, that they con- 

 taminate the most interesting views ; and 

 SO tall, that there is no escaping from them 

 in any part : and in that respect they have 

 the same unfortunate advantage over a 

 squat building, that a stripped elm has 

 over a pollard willow. .As in buildings 

 there is no general or usual form, to which, 

 as in the human race, we can refer, defor- 

 mity is in them not so immediately obvi- 

 ous. Many buildings are erected, and then 



