by some animadversions of this last philo-sopher on their attempts to square the circle. Itappears that before this time geometers were awarethat the area of a circle was equal to a triangle,whose base was equal to the radius. Gothic. (In architecture.) A style of build-ing named after the Goths,… … Graces. (The) The Graces are representedby the ancieut artists and poets like three beautiful sisters, naked, unconscious of shame, andlinked together. Gradation. (In painting.) That regular progress from one degree of colour or shade to anotherthat gives effect, rotundity, and verisimilitude…
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