rtical, seems broader at thetop,—an effect not, I believe, observable when there is nopediment. In the outline, we have three obtuse angles, abb,each of which beiDg apparently diminished, fas by thedotted lines at b b,) all will evidently conspire to make the * It is very obvious in contrasted… … apppear to over-hang, and the effect willbe further increased whenthe outline is connectedwith the ground-line, notby a right angle but bytwo obtuse ones, as at d c,1(which often occurs from a flight of thin modern steps, orfrom perspective lines of stylobates, &c.) The merediminution of the…
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