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 single Term of Art: Whereas the other accidental Beauties, such as he supposes Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian Work to be, please, only because they are found together with these, though their being the most conspicuous Parts of a Building made them be first observed: From whence Men began to fansie Inherent Beauties in that, which owes the greatest part of its Charms to the good Company in which it is taken notice of, and so in time delighted, when it was seen alone. That otherwise it would be impossible that there should be so great a Variety in the Assigning of the Proportions of the several Orders; no two eminent Architects ever keeping to the same Measure, though they have neither spoiled nor lessened the Beauty of their Works. That if we go to Particulars, we shall not find (for the purpose) in the Pantheon at Rome, which is the most regular, and the most magnificent ancient Building now extant, two Pillars of a like thickness. That (a) the Girders of the arched Roof do not lie full upon the great Columns or Pilasters; but some quite over the Cavities of the Windows which are underneath; others half over the Windows, and half upon