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Antique \Beauty is easily produced, by copying either the 

 exact form and distribution, or the style of the ancient edifices 

 of Greece or Rome. 



Melancholy may be produced by the absence of clear- 

 ness, intricacy, and harmony ; as in a building with few win- 

 dows, and those also smaller than usual and irregularly placed : 

 this we sometimes see in old castles, and also in hospitals. 



In like manner, the gay, the romantic, the wild, &c. may 

 be produced, by attending to the characteristics which produce 

 those expressions. 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF THE MANNER OR STYLE OF EXECUTION IN 

 ARCHITECTURE. 



On a very slight reflection, it will appear, that the beauties of 

 combinations and characters mentioned in the preceding chap- 

 ters may be effected or produced by different kinds of mate- 

 rials, or by different modifications of the same material. Thus 

 a simple building may be erected either of clay, wood, or stone, 

 or of all of these together ; or it may have its general form 



