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architecture; for a mansion that does not 

 require the dimensions of a palace calls for 

 no sacrifice in its access. Indeed, its irregu- 

 larity is highly beneficial, both in the variety 

 of the outline, and in the light and shadow- 

 resulting from it : the want of which is so 

 obvious in the square flat surface of so many 

 of our modern houses. 



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