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• Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which…
• Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also…
• Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion.
• Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety…
• Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective.
• Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation…
• An easy approach to the walls must be provided against: indeed they should be surrounded by uneven ground, and the roads leading…
• The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.
• The lanes and streets of the city being set out, the choice of sites for the convenience and use of the state…
• The temple of Ceres should be in a solitary spot out of the city, to which the public are not necessarily led…
• For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very…
• Care should be taken that all buildings are well lighted: in those of the country this point is easily accomplished, because the…

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