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added to, as more space was wanted, with- 

 out any plan : in others, the same kind of 

 irregularity is originally designed ; and all 

 these an admirer of pure architecture would 

 probably condemn as deformed, though 

 they are in general considered as only ir- 

 regular. Where, however, the architecture 

 is regular, if any part be taken away so as 

 to interrupt the symmetry, or any thing- 

 added that has no connection with its cha- 

 racter, the building is manifestly deformed. 

 I have here supposed that the building, 

 whether a part be taken away, or a part 

 added, is left in an entire and finished state, 

 and that the deformity solely arises from 

 the destruction of its symmetry ; for any 

 breach or chasm in a finished building, 

 whether regular or irregular, must always 

 be a deformity. Ruins, therefore, of all 

 kinds, are at first deformed ; and after- 

 wards, by means of vegetation and of vari- 

 ous effects of time and accident, become 

 picturesque. 



With respect to colours, it appears to me 

 that as transparency is one essential quali- 



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