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as there is no drawing the line between the different classes of 

 mankind, nor any fixed rate of expenditure in any of these 

 classes ; so there can be no given determinate number, kind, 

 or size, nor any universal arrangement in the suites of apart- 

 ments. The fashion of the day, therefore, and the will of the 

 party, must be the general regulator in these things. What 

 that fashion is at present may be known by any one who chuses 

 to examine the plans, or visit the structures erected in this 

 country for the last fifty years. This is a species of knowledge 

 which every architect ought to possess : those who design for 

 rural situations will soonest acquire it by travelling througk 

 * the country. 



CHAPTER II. 



OF BEAUTY IN ARCHITECTURE,. 



As utility originates in necessity, so beauty has its origin in 

 nature. Beauty addresses itself to the faculty of taste ; in treat- 

 ing of which, that quality has been divided into several different 

 kinds* : to which we must now have recourse, and try how far 



* See Chapter III. page 78, 



