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ladio to be one of the Inward Ornaments) belongs not to this, but the otherneighbouring Temple of Neptune.-, for, ’twas Neptune who was called Domina-tor Equorum. This, and the Temple of Peace , and the Pantheon, are thosewhich Pliny particularly mentions among the most remarkable Works ofRome.

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The Squares in the Wall of the Cella opposite to the Inter-columnations, tellus how extremely the Ancients were addicted to square and geometrical Figures,the only natural Foundation of Beauty.

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We find the most adorned Temples of the Corinthian Order have the Walls ofthe Cella channelled; so much they affected the Ostentation of great Stones, thatwhere there were Joints, they would not seem to obscure them, that the Shafts ofthe Pillars might the better appear entire, and to give a darker Field behind them:the right Proportion of them is double in Length to their Breadth: the Ap-pearance is best where there is much together.

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