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windows, and below each of them Hands a ftatue, which 

 gives to the whole an appearance much too rich and 

 overloaded. When the palace was building, the king 

 paid a hundred dollars apiece for the ftatues ; and the 

 fculptor got rich by the bargain. Over againfl the 

 main building Hand the kitchens, and dwellings for the 

 people belonging to them, in two detached and lofty 

 buildings, ornamented jufl in the fame manner ; and 

 appear ugly to the higherl degree. Each of them has, 

 on the fmallefl fide, nearer! the palace, a double flight 

 of Hairs to the entrance ; which, by being too narrow, 

 make the whole look ftill more aukward. In fhort, the 

 outride is indeed fine, but does not fpeak much in fa- 

 vour of the tafle that prevails within. So much the 

 better pleafed are we, on finding the expectation agree- 

 ably difappointed. I have often heard cenfures pari on 

 the richnefs and ornaments of the furniture, as offen- 

 live to the eye ; but this cenfure is unjuH. There is 

 much gilding, it is true, in many of the apartments ; 

 but they are flnifhed in a good tafle, and are well ar- 

 ranged ; and, befides, have fo pleafant and chearful a 

 look as to fupprefs every idea of magnificence. It is 

 remarkable, that all the porcelaine feen in thefe rooms, 

 is MeifTher's ; and throughout the whole palace there 

 is not a Angle piece from the manufactory of Berlin. 



On entering the palace you are nrft fhewn into an 

 antechamber, fitted up with grey Silefian marble, and 

 the cieling is fupported by free-Handing Ionic columns 

 of the fame marble. Thefe columns have a very beau- 

 tiful effecl: ; and the whole arrangement of the room is 

 grand and noble, the colour of the marble is plain, and 

 excellently harmonizes with the fimplicity of the whole : 



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