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	[drawing]  fig 1.		[diagram]                                         	______
                                                                      		architectural
                                                                      The changes of fashion or
                                                                      certain [?] that follow the
	[diagram]     [like?]                                                [change?] of [ideas?] and the
                                                                      fluctuations of prosperity in
                                                                      populous cities are [?]
                                                                      			[?][?]
                                                                      recorded in the ruins of earlier
                                                                      	so that
                                                                      edifices: and after the lapse
                                                                      	extended
                                                                      of [?] periods
                                                                      the images of what researches
                                                                      of the antiquary must be pursued
                                                                      among fragments accidentally spared
                                                                      	a few detached
                                                                      or among edifices & when [cleared?]
                                                                      becoming singular & perhaps
                                                                      unintelligible , in their isolation

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