However fruitless the attempt to avert the cavils of criticism, I must not conclude these prefatory observations without endeavouring to anticipate some of the objections that I suppose will be urged against this novel application of the most ancient style of ornamented architecture existing in the world.* These objections may, perhaps, be classed under the following heads:- I. The difference in the climate from whence this style is taken. II. The brevity of remarks for so important a subject. III. The want of positive data and accurate measurement. IV. The want of space for its introduction at Brighton. V. The costliness of its ornaments and decorations.
*[Some of the forms here introduced are taken from the ornaments of the subterraneous and excavated remains, which being worked in the hardest grey granite, were found by Mr. Daniell to be as fresh as if just finished from the chisel of the sculptor; although they are of a date beyond all record, and are mentioned as being found in the same state at the time when Alexander the Great conquered India.]
