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will have its proper influence with men of taste ; but there is 

 another, which, in deference to certain persons, I would pre- 

 sent in connexion with it— it is economy ; not that a house will 

 cost less when this mode is adopted ; but by bringing all the 

 parts into view, a more splendid effect will be produced for 

 a given sum. 



SECT. IV. OF UNITING THE MANSION WITH THE SURROUND- 

 ING COUNTRY BY MEANS OF ARCHITECTURAL APPEN- 

 DAGES, CHIEFLY ORNAMENTAL. 



The great art in this branch of appendages will be, to give 

 them an appearance of fitness ; for as a house is useful as well 

 as ornamental, so should every thing belonging to it be. But 

 although the appendages under consideration are of less utility 

 than the others, their appearance will not displease even those 

 who are devoid of improved taste, unless they have been pre- 

 viously prejudiced against such things. Such indeed is the 

 excellence of harmonious combination, that although it cannot 

 force the approbation of the insensible, it will never of itself 

 excite their displeasure. In pursuing this subject, let us trace 

 it in two or three stages between the palace and the cottage. 



