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 Robinfon, Primate of Ireland, Very 



ipirited. 

 In an old Chapter-houfe, two portraits, 



very expreflive and fpirited. 



They are thought to be Frede^ 



ricki Duke o^ Saxony y and Philip, 



Archduke of Aujiria. 

 The Radcliffhihvivy is a beautiful build- 

 ing: The ruftics, the double corinthian 

 pillars, the cornice, and balluftrade ; all 

 unite to form one complete whole, admira- 

 bly proportioned, and of the happicH: unity 

 of effect i and this without any termina- 

 tion : The conclufion in the ballulbade 

 would have been one of a mofi: elegant fim- 

 plicity; — but the dome rather hurts the 

 general efFedt: beiides, it is not equally 

 beautiful with the reft of the building ; its 

 being ribbed too much divides the attention 

 of the fpedtator, and the pediments around, 

 which fupport the urns, are heavy. 



The infide is a circular domed room, of 

 forty-eight feet diameter, and iixiy high. 

 The dome, the upper and lower cornices, 

 and the furrounding arches, are light and 

 elegant, but the crofs work of compart- 

 ments fomewhat break the effeift; nor are 

 the ionic pillars at bottom well propor- 

 tioned 



