Excerpt from Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses: Adapted With Economy to the Comforts and to the Elegancies of Modern Life; With Plans and Explanations to Each Some persons are of opinion that many of the designs of modern architects are superior to those of the ancients; but the comparison is unjust: unfortunately Architects of all ages and countries are obliged to submit to national and prevailing customs and were the unexecuted designs of the ancients as superior to their buildings as those of the moderns to our present edifices, I doubt not but the balance would be found greatly in favour of antiquity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.