London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 184
n expensive marble. Bricks, for thesame reason, when properly managed, even without cutting, canbe made ornamental; and they are our own material, and mostdurable; that is, the best bricks of the present day: then whyshould we reject them in ordinary buildings, or, rather, disguisethem with cement,… … North-west Elevation. best, and then it is almost as dear as stone; but for ornamentalworks nothing could be better: in some instances it is even bet-ter than stone. Wyatts, for chimney moulds, balusters, vases,fountains, &c., and paving, has been found better than Yorkshirestone. Austins…
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