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of pleafure, and their obvious uti/i/y for fupporting the 

 roof, is another. But neither of thefe confiderations 

 feparately, nor both together, fliall we find fulhcient to 

 produce all the effedls that are felt on this occafion : a 

 fet of flenucr v.ooden fpars might be planted as regu- 

 larly around, and equally li-ell fuppor-c the roof; but it 

 does not appear that thefe would produce an effect 

 equally ftriking. Tlie^/z^ of the pillars, the niaflive- 

 nefs of the entablature, and even the bulk of the ivhcle 

 JlruHure, all contribute in producing this efFeft : nor 

 does it feem that by disjoining thefe adjuncts will a 

 finiilar efFedt be produced. 



From this yiew of the matter, therefore, we would 

 be led to believe, that apparent utility, though a princi- 

 pal ingredient in rendering ftruftures of this nature 

 pleafing, is far from being alone fufficient to produce 

 this agreeable efFeft. It would feem alfo, that large- 

 nefs of fize, and apparent folidity of conftruclion, are 

 required to make the Grecian column produce its hap- 

 pieft cfFeft ; and that the maflivcnefs of the entablature, 

 and the bold projeftion beyond the wall of that part of 

 the roof which is fupported by the pillars, are all cir- 

 fumftances which greatly contribute in producing this 

 effecl;. An attempt to disjoin thefe fliould of courfe 

 naturally -tend to render ftruclures of this kind much 

 lefs generally pleafing than they otherwife would have 

 been. 



It has happened, however, from that general propen- 

 fity wliich the human mind Ins to acquire from habit 

 an inordinate degree of fondnefs, in time, for any 

 artificial object it has been once led to contemplate 

 with fatisfaCiion, that men have wiflied to introduce 

 thefe ornaments as often as they coukl, without ad- 

 verting to the circumftances tliat originally contributed 

 to render them pleafing. Columns have been ftuck" 

 clofe to the walls, where they are evidently ufelefs ; and 

 by wanting the bold relief at top, vi'hich gave them 

 h of t]" ir origiral dignity, they become tame and 



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