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and the same Wit can raise a Human Subject, that only debaseth a Divine.

After all these Excellencies of Style, in Purity, in Plainness and Perspicuity, in Ornament and Majesty, are considered, a finished Piece of what kind soever, must shine in the Order and Proportion of the Whole; For Light riseth out of Order, and Beauty from Proportion. ln Architecture and Painting, these fill and relieve the Eye. A just Disposition giveth us a clear View of the Whole at once, and the due Symmetry and Proportion of every Part in itself, and of all together, leave no Vacancy in

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