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Regular Uniformity, or, as it is frequently called, Regularity, 

 is applied to a building, when all the parts intended for the 

 same use (as, for instance, the windows,) are of the same 

 form, and placed at the same distance from each other. Irre- 

 gular uniformity, or irregularity, is when parts of the same 

 kind are alike in shape, but not in situation ; as, for example, 

 when the distances between the windows are various. 



Unity and Order are beauties alike applicable to archi- 

 tecture. The former refers chiefly to the style, and to the ex- 

 ternal colour of the walls ; the /latter to the parts in relation to 

 each other, and to the whole. 



Variety, in the general appearance, is produced by the 

 introduction of projections of different degrees of magnitude, 

 or of similar magnitudes placed at various distances from each 

 other. In the outline against the sky, it is produced by the 

 different heights of these projecting masses, by the chimnies, 

 or by breaks in the ridge of the roof, &c. 



Intricacy is effected by the shade of cornices, and the 

 concealments occasioned by buttresses and other projections. 



Harmony, in the general form, is produced by the introduc- 



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