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beauties which cannot be recreated in a life-time, and which 

 cannot be equalled by any power of art;— while in their room 

 nothing appears but a tasteless display of wealth. Several 

 thousand pounds have been expended in really deforming 

 this place. Indeed scarcely an instance occurs of a new place 

 being formed, or improved, but the same thing is done, in a 

 greater or less degree. 



A variety of buildings which may be classed along with ruins 

 are those temples, covered seats, castles, &c. which have been 

 purposely erected as ornamental to a residence. After they 

 have been raised at considerable expense, it will often be cruel 

 to destroy them entirely ; they may therefore either be con- 

 cealed by trees and creepers, and rendered less imposing; or by 

 those who have courage and decided taste, the structure itself 

 may be broken and diversified by mechanical force, and further 

 varied by vegetation as before. By these means, jointly used, 

 most ridiculous ornamental buildings, as towers, temples, &c. 

 may be varied and rendered agreeable, for age, intricacy, and 

 picturesque beauty, which may thus be produced or increased, 

 and are always harmonious and interesting. 



