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It is difficult for an Artist at once to divest himself of forms he has 
long studied : this will account for the confusion of Grecian and Gothic 
in the Works of John of Padua, Inigo Jones, and others, about the 
same date, which occasioned that mixture of style, condemned in after 
times for the reasons already assigned. The same thing may be ob- 
served in the first introduction of Gothic mixed with the Saxon and 
Norman which preceded it: and the same will doubtless happen in many 
instances during the introductory application of Indian Architecture to 
English uses, while a false taste will both admire and condemn, without 
any true standard, the various forms of novelty. 
If I might humbly venture to suggest an opinion on the subject, I 
.should recommend the use only of such Indian forms or proportions, as 
bear the least resemblance to those either of the Grecian or Gothic style, 
with which they are liable to be compared. If the Pillars resemble Gre- 
cian Columns, or if the apertures resemble Gothic Arches, they will 
offend, by seeming to be incorrect specimens of well known forms, and 
create a mixed style, as disgusting to the classic observer, as the mix- 
ture in Queen Elisabeth’s Gothic. But if, from the best models of 
Indian Structures, such parts only be selected as cannot be compared 
with any known style of English Buildings, even those whom novelty 
cannot delight, will have little cause to regret the introduction of new 
beauties. 
On these grounds, therefore, I do not hesitate to answer the question 
concerning which I am commanded to deliver my opinion, that the 
Indian Character having been already introduced (in part) by the large 
Edifice at the Pavilion, the House, and every other Building, should 
partake of the same character, unmixed either with Grecian or Gothic; 
and without strictly copying either the Mosques, or the Mausoleums, or 
the Serais, or the Hill Forts, or the Excavations of the East, the most 
