. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. • Ve-ean-da, an open portico. * Bal-€0-nt, a gallery on the outside of ahouse. 3 Xe-«ade, a continuous arch or series ofarches. * Ga-ble, the triangular or sloping end of , called the , a slender lofty turret onmosques, with a balcony from which thepeople are called to prayer. LESSON Ylll. THE rOETRT OF COTTAGE ARCHITECTURE. Adapted from LouDO>s The cottage homes of England! By thousands on her plains,They are smiling oer the silvery brooks, And round the hamlet glo^nng orchards
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. • Ve-ean-da, an open portico. * Bal-€0-nt, a gallery on the outside of ahouse. 3 Xe-«ade, a continuous arch or series ofarches. * Ga-ble, the triangular or sloping end of , called the , a slender lofty turret onmosques, with a balcony from which thepeople are called to prayer. LESSON Ylll. THE rOETRT OF COTTAGE ARCHITECTURE. Adapted from LouDO>s The cottage homes of England! By thousands on her plains,They are smiling oer the silvery brooks, And round the hamlet glo^nng orchards furth they peep, Each from its nook of fearless there the lowly the bird beneath their eaves.—Hemaks. 2. Of all embellishments by which the efibrts of man canenhance the beauty of natural scenery, those are the mostefiective which can give animation to the scene, while thespirit Avhich they bestow is in unison with its general charac-ter. It is generally desirable to indicate the presence of ani- Pabt VI. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. 299. A neat cottage residence. mated existence in a scene of natural beauty, but only ofsuch existence as shall be imbued with the spirit, and partakeof the essence of the beauty, which without it would be our object, therefore, is to embellish a scene, the characterof which is peaceful and unpretending, we must not erect abuilding which shall be expressive of the abode of wealth orpride. 3. However beautiful or imposing in itself, such an objectimmediately indicates the presence of a kind of existence \in-suited to the,scenery which it inhabits, and of a mind Avhich,when it sought retirement, was unacquainted with its ownruling feelings, and which consequently excites no sympathyin ours; but if Ave erect a dwelling which may appear adapt-ed to the wants, and sufficient for the comfort of a gentleheart and lowly mind, we have attained our object; we havebestowed animation, and we have not disturbed repose. 4. It is for thi
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