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e plan or con-venient arrangement of the accommodation, we pro-ceed to the artistic design of rural buildings, particu-larly of their exteriors, and we must take care, at theoutset, not to be deceived as to the true principlesand laws that regulate this important part of thesubject. Architecture is… … 62 VILLAS AND COTTAGES. no independent laws of its own, simply because it hasno independent existence. As it seeks to please theeye, its forms and colors should be carefully designedin accordance with the laws of the eye, or it will be afailure, so far as this organ is concerned. As it ad-dresses…
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