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in his introduction to Architectural Designs, that gentlemen 

 who consult their own interest will consider it just as necessary 

 to have the opinion of an artist before they begin to improve, as 

 to consult a lawyer or a physician on the requisite occasions. 



* — ' secure in all, 



Taste, wisely judging, often saves expense. 



CHAPTER III. 



OF FORMING AN ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSES. 



In conceiving the design, the artist must accommodate its ex« 

 tent and cost to the wealth of the proprietor, or the sum al- 

 lowed for the purpose of improvement; and after he has formed 

 the plan of the whole, he must proceed to make a general and 

 accurate estimate of the expenses that will attend its execution. 

 This is too much neglected, and is always productive of the 

 worst consequences : it too often disgusts gentlemen with rural 

 improvements where artists have been employed, and fre* 

 quently occasions them to be left unfinished, 



In making an estimate before the plan is marked out upon 

 the grounds, or made public, the artist must depend upon his 



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