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uniformity. These he explains and exem- 

 plifies by the appearance of the ancient hea- 

 then temples, which, he observes, were ge- 

 nerally oblong forms, with a range of uni- 

 form pillars on every side ; and he acids, tha t 

 from the same causes, may also be derived 

 the grand effects of the aisles in many of 

 our own Cathedrals. But although succes- 

 sion and uniformity, when united to great- 

 ness of dimension, are among the most ef- 

 ficient causes of grandeur in buildings, yet 

 causes of a very opposite nature (though still 

 upon one general principle) often tend to 

 produce the same effects. These are, the 

 accumulation of unequal, and, at least ap- 

 parently, irregular forms, and the intricacy 

 of their disposition. The forms and the 

 disposition of some of the old castles built 

 on eminences, fully illustrate what I have 

 just advanced : the different outworks and 

 massive gateways ; towers rising behind tow- 

 ers : the main body perhaps rising higher 

 than them all, and on one side descending 

 in one immense solid wall quite down to 



