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may be enumerated under the following 

 heads. 



I. Congruity; or a proper adaptation sources oi 



Pleasure. 



of the several parts to the whole; and that 

 whole to the character, situation, and cir- 

 cumstances of the place and its possessor. 



II. Utility. This includes conveni- 

 ence, comfort, neatness, and every thing 

 that conduces to the purposes of habita- 

 tion with elegance. 



III. Order. Including correctness 

 and finishing; the cultivated mind is 

 shocked by such things as would not be 

 visible to the clown: thus an awkward 

 bend in a walk, or lines M'hich ought to 

 be parallel, and are not so, give pain; as 

 a serpentine walk through an avenue, or 

 along the course of a straight wall or 

 building. 



IV. Symmetry ; or that correspond- 

 ence of parts expected in the front of 

 buildings, particularly Grecian ; which, 

 howeyerformal in apainting, require simi- 

 larity and uniformity of parts to please 

 the eye, even of children. So natural is 

 the love of order and of symmetry to the 



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