ivided into seven parts, the upper two of tliesebeing further subdivided into five; and by these several divisions the heights of the several mem-bers are regulated. All the projections are set off from the lower or first face, and in the first two orders, eachof these is equal to one-sixth of the… … THE PROPORTIONS OF THE ORDERS. 109 of perfection. It must not, however, be imagined that the same general proportionswill, on all occasions, succeed. Those in our first series have been taken chieflyfrom the temples and other public structures of antiquity, and may be employed inchurches and other…
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