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the divifions of the triglyphs : but I am more inclined 

 to believe, that this man, on feeing the beautiful 

 blocks of marble lying before him, determined rather 

 to employ them in the conftruclion of a more pleafirig 

 and elegant edifice ; as the materials would be no hin- 

 drance to its execution. Even the doric order itfelf 

 was continually becoming more llender ; fo that at laft 

 the temple of Hercules at Kora contains eight diameters 

 - in the length of the columns. 



By what I here advance, I have no deflgn to dif pa- 

 rage the tafte of fuch as are fond of the form of the 

 antient doric temples. I even confefs that they have a 

 very majeftic, nay fome of them, a very charming ap- 

 pearance : but it is always in the nature of man to 

 be trefpaffing beyond the bounds of moderation ; and 

 thus it was natural that in the proportion of the thick- 

 nefs to the height of the columns, the eye mould be 

 ever feeking the llender, and the judgement mould 

 find in it more dignity and grace. 



Particularly, as very large columns could be made 

 of one entire piece of fuch a variety of beautiful mar- 

 bles ; and at length, when the original parent of all 

 ftones, the granite, was brought from ./Egypt to Alia 

 and Europe, and offered its vaft and beautiful maffes 

 to any monftrous ufe. Thus much I know, that the 

 larger!: columns are always of granite. 



The ionic order foon diftinguifhed itfelf from the 

 doric, not alone by the more proportional height of the 

 columns and a more ornamented capital ; but likewife 

 principally by the triglyphs being left out of the freeze, 

 and by avoiding the otherwife inevitable breaks in the 

 compartments of it. In my opinion the triglyphs would 



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