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a principle of beauty : not that beautiful objects 

 must be diminutive, but small when compared 

 with those, which from their magnitude alone, 

 would produce grand and awful impressions. As 

 therefore Mr. Burke meant to oppose the beauti- 

 ful to the grand, the proper comparison is be- 

 tween the temple in question, and those (whatever 

 be their plan) which from their size and character 

 are of acknowledged grandeur ; such as the vast 

 •and massy structures of Pcestum and Selinus. Let 

 it, however, be granted that those temples are 

 objectionable as being square : yet we might pre- 

 sume that one round temple would be allowed to 

 be compared with another: by no means: my 

 opponent is well aware of the danger ; for lie 

 admits that compared with the Pantheon, the 

 temple of Tivoli is small: the object of compa- 

 rison must therefore not only be round, but of a 

 similar plan ; and I rather imagine, though it is not 

 said in direct terms, dedicated to the same goddess. 

 As no one is more conversant with ttuj remains of 

 ancient buildings than Mr. Knight, I think, after 

 so very strict a limitation, he should have given 

 us a list of temples with which he would allow a 

 comparison to be made. It will hardly be doubt- 

 ed that had he been acquainted with any of a 

 smaller size, and which consequently would have 

 made that of Tivoli appear large by comparison, 

 he would not have been backward in naming them ; 

 and therefore I may venture to conclude, that he 

 did not know of any smaller : as to any decidedly 



