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both real and apparent fitness, all the parts should concur in 

 promoting the same end, or producing a unity of effect. No 

 part ought to appear too large for the whole ; openings should 

 not be too numerous, nor too large, as they will thus hurt both 

 the reality and appearance of solidity. Solid parts should be 

 placed above solid ; and on the contrary, openings above open- 

 ings, according to the common rule. Columns, though suffi- 

 ciently strong to bear what, is placed above them, should be 

 made to appear so by giving them somewhat of that degree of 

 thickness which we are accustomed to see in objects or mate- 

 rials of the same nature. Doors should bear some relation to 

 the size of the human figure ; they should not be as broad as 

 they are high, nor appear too narrow for their height. The 

 same remark will nearly apply to windows ; for it may be ob- 

 served, that there is more both of real and apparent fitness 

 when the general form of a window is that of a parallelogram, 

 than if they were of square, circular, or oval forms ; and much 

 more propriety in a pointed or circular top, than if the lower 

 ends were made of either of these forms ; for in this case we 

 should instantly conceive that the bottom of the window would 

 ill accord with the level of the floor. In the internal part of a 

 house, every one can tell when the apartments are too long for 

 their width, or too wide for their height ; and though remarks- 

 of this kind are never meant to convey the idea of danger from 

 insufficient strength ; yet it is what the eye requires to co~ 



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