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and most ornamental, requiring scenes of luxuriance and refined taste 

 in its associations. To these the Romans added two other orders, 

 the Tuscan and the Composite : the Tuscan is simple in character, 

 and solid, agreeing with the solemn or grand in landscape ; the Com- 

 posite, uniting in its capital the ornaments of all the other orders, 

 demands the richest combinations of the most enchantino; scenerv. 

 These five orders have been handed down to us through ages, and 

 still retain their pre-eminence, however numerous the infringements 

 and deviations that have been attempted. Fanciful architecture pos- 

 sesses no particulars worthy of notice : it is degeneracy, consistent with 

 the perishable materials of which it is usually constructed ; and it is 

 not to be regretted, that a vain attempt to introduce a succedaneum 

 to the established orders will, perhaps, be unknown to future ages. 



In rural buildings it is proper to avoid introducing the characteris- 

 tics of a town residence. Where the extent of the plan is unlimited, 

 the sitting-rooms should range on the ground-floor, and none but 

 sleeping-rooms should be above : the various domestic offices may 

 form wings to the villa, or may be detached, and a communication 

 obtained by a covered passage, as circumstances may render it con- 

 venient or necessary. The stables, coach-houses, drying-yard, and all 

 such requisite appendages to a villa, should be at the back of the 

 house, or so disposed as not to obtrude : nothing that can be deemed 

 derogatory to the general character of a gentleman's residence 

 should be seen from the windows of an elegant villa. 



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