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448. ARCHITECTURE, Ugly.—

The
private buildings [in Virginia] are very rarely
constructed of stone or brick, much the
greater portion being of scantling and boards,
plastered with lime. It is impossible to devise
things more úgly, uncomfortable, and happily
more perishable.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 393. Ford ed., iii, 257.
(1782)