law, fo rm in g an am p le p e d im e n t ; f em e o f th e fe a b o v e 6 0 f e e t
i jn th ickn e fs , f r om th e b a fe t o th e p o in t , fo rm e d b y th e d o p in g o f
L i : M l o n e a c h f id e , a lm o f t in to th e ih a p e o f th o fe u fe d in a r c h i -
te&ure.
“ C om p a r e d to th is w h a t are th e c a th e d r a ls o r th e p a la c e s b u i l t
by m en ! m e r e m o d e ls o r p la y t h in g s , im ita t io n s as d im in u t iv e as
Lis w o rk s w i l l a lw a y s b e w h e n c om p a r e d to th o fe o f n a tu r e .
Where is n ow th e b o a f t o f th e a r c h i t e f t ! r e g u la r i t y th e o n ly p a r t
in. which h e fa n c ie d h im f e l f to e x c e e d h is m if t r e f s , N a t u r e , is h e r e
L n d in h e r p o f fe f f io n , an d h e r e i t h a s -b e e n fo r a g e s u n d e fe r ib e d * .
[Ii not th is th e f c h o o l w h e r e th e a r t w-as o r ig in a l ly f tu d ie d , a n d
L a t has b e e n a d d ed to th is b y th e w h o le G recia n f c h o o l i a c.a--
Ipital to o rn am e n t th e c o lu m n o f n a tu r e , o f w h i c h th e y c o u l d e x -
lecute o n ly a m o d e l ; an d fo r th a t v e r y c a p i t a l th e y w e r e o b l i g e d ,
jto i b u ih o f A ca n th u s : h o w am p ly d o e s n a tu r e r e p a y th o fe w h o .
Iftudy.her w o n d e r fu l w o r k s ! .
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llborè, t r e a d in g u p o n a n o th e r G ia n t’s C a u few a y , e v e r y fto n e b e in g
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I * Staffa is taken notice of by Buchanan, but in the flighted manner ; and among
I thé thoufands who have navigated thefe feas, none have paid the led attention to its
I grand and (hiking charafteriftic, .till this prefent year.
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