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gree of beauty which arises from seeing one half of an object 

 correspond with the other ; as in the human figure, and most 

 animals, as also in the leaves of vegetables. Symmetry is the 

 first beauty which we perceive after discerning truth, use, and 

 fitness ; and accordingly it is first attended to in artificial pro- 

 ductions, by rude artists, where they attempt ornament. Ma- 

 sons would first adopt it in the windows and chimnies of build- 

 ings, afterwards in the breaks and recesses, and finally in the 

 addition of wings. 



The opposite of symmetry is disparity or disproportion; 

 which, being inconsistent with use, fitness, or truth, is always 

 displeasing in the extreme. 



Uniformity is the constant repetition of one colour, sound, 

 or other quality, among others of different kinds ; as the leaves 

 upon a twig, the windows in a house or street, or the columns 

 in colonades, &c. It is a considerable beauty both in large 

 and small objects. 



Uniformity is either regular, as in the leaves on a twig ; or 

 irregular, as is often the case in windows in a front. In this 

 last case, it connects itself with variety. 



Unity is a term applied to such objects as have one general 



