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mansion, or a Doric lodge for a Corinthian villa ; but never 
two distinct styles on the same place (a Gothic gate-house 
and a Grecian residence) without producing in minds 
imbued with correct principles a feeling of incongruity 
A certain correspondence in size is also agreeable ; where 
I he dwelling of the proprietor is simply an ornamental 
cottage, the lodge, if introduced, should be more simple and 
unostentatious ; and even where the house is magnificent, 
the lodge should rather be below the general air of the 
residence than above it, that the stranger who enters at a 
showy and striking lodge may not be disappointed in the 
want of correspondence between it and the remaining 
portions of the demesne. 
[Fig. 5T. The New Gate Lodge at Blithe wood.] 
The gate-lodge at Blithewood, on the Hudson, the seat 
of R. Donaldson, Esq., is a simple and effective cottage in 
the bracketed style — octagonal in its form, and very com- 
pactly arranged internally. 
Nearly all the fine seats on the North river have entrance 
