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ARCHITECTURE. 



BOOK 1. 



much easier felt than described. When I see, therefore, the 

 architecture of St. Peter's transplanted to a romantic island 

 secluded from the rest of the world, or an outline of spiry 

 towers and pinnacles opposed to a straight line of hill or woody 

 scenery, I never feel such sensations. I am forcibly struck, 

 it is true ; but the emotion, though strong, is not pleasing : it 

 soon appears discord ; and discord, when prevalent, always 

 produces disgust 



4 thl y, The colour of the rocks, and the ground.— -Not only 

 the general forms of the surface, but the colours of the soil and 

 the rocks, are worth attending to, as contributing considerably 

 to promote the principle of harmony. The tints of rocks, 

 stones, gravel, and the soil are generally the same in one part 

 of the country. Where they agree with the colour of the man- 

 sion, the effect must be singularly happy. This we may see 

 from the works of painters, and in many' ancient baronial 

 castles, as well as cottages, in different parts of the country, 

 particularly in Argyleshire and Dumfriesshire. Brick houses, 

 when the brick has been made of an earth colour, have a good 

 effect. By mixing proper earths when manufacturing them, 

 they could . be made of any tinge to suit with all situations. 

 The effect of contrary colours may be seen in numerous houses 

 of red brick, or white Portland stone, in several counties near 

 London, which are both more or less incongruous among rural 

 scenery; and of white- washed buildings among the rocky 



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