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he hds confined himself, (and he had his reasotas 

 for so* doing) solely to " variety in the direction 

 of the parts" he has indeed in his quotation from 

 my es.say, given the words " melted as it zvere, 

 into each other,'^ though he has taken no notice 

 of them in his statement ; but what is most sin- 

 gular, he has omitlcd, even in the quotation, the 

 words "not angular but" — which immediately 

 precede them, and which so tery particulnrly 

 point out and limit ^Ir. Burke's intention. It 

 may easily be seen how strong a first imuression 

 may be made by an adversary, were he even a 

 feeble one, who quotes, indeed, some words, but 

 argues as if he had not quoted them ; who omits 

 others in his quotation, wliiih form a most ma- 

 teria! restriction ; and who totally disregards that, 

 and every restriction and limitation. 



That around building is; ge.erally speaking, 

 more free from angles than a sqi are one, need 

 not be much insisted upon : and a. the temple of 

 Tivoli is round, and as a great 'uajority of the 

 ancient temples are square, it may certainly bo 

 said, comparatively with other temples, to be 

 free from angles. This is all that from the whole 

 tenor of what had preceded, 1 could mean to 

 assert, when 1 said it was " in a great measure 

 free from angles." 1 ought inUecJ to have said, 

 as 1 meant, comparatively , and Mr. Knight 

 might very fairly have attacked the words as they 

 stand, had he at the same time fairly stated, what 

 be could not but have known to be my nieauing : 

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