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LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 
It has been well observed 
by modern critics, that there 
is no reason to believe the 
temple form was ever, even 
— y by the Greeks, used for pri- 
vate dwellings, which easih 
accounts for our compara- 
SPftive failure in constructing 
[Fig. 40. Roman Residence.] well arranged, small resi- 
dences in this style. 
The Romans, either unable to compose in' the simple 
elegance and beauty of the Grecian style, or feeling its 
want of adaptation to the multifarious usages of a more 
[Fig. 41. View at Presque Isle, the residence of Win. Denning, Esq., Dutchess Co., N.Y.] 
luxurious state of society, created for themselves what is 
generally considered a less beautiful and perfect, yet which 
is certainly a more rich, varied, and, if we may use the 
