eings that I have sometimes observed parading inmore solemn edifices; for these columns, appearing to have no businesswhere they are, nor office to perform, and being more decorated thanthe other parts, distract the attention and disturb the grandeur andsolemnity of the whole mass. The character of… … ly crossing each other, are universally admired for their wild picturesquecharacter, so well suited to that of the scenery; and even where woodenbridges are executed with great mechanical skill on a regular plan, stilla great degree of intricacy, though of a less picturesque kind, mustarise from…
Landscape gardening · Aesthetics
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