Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              generally crowded. </s>
              <s>In private Houſes, thoſe
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              Parts which are for the Reception of many,
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              ſhould not be made at all different from thoſe
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              of a Prince; and the Apartments ſhould be
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              kept diſtinct for the Wife, for the Huſband,
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              and for the Servants; and every thing is not
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              to be contrived merely for Conveniency, but
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              for Grandeur too, and ſo, that the Number of
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              Servants may not breed any Confuſion. </s>
              <s>All
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              this indeed is very difficult, and hardly poſſi­
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              ble to be done under a ſingle Roof: therefore
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              every Member of the Houſe muſt have its par­
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              ticular Area and Platform, and have a diſtinct
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              Covering and Wall of its own: but then all
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              the Members ſhould be ſo joined together by
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              the Roof and by Lobbies, that the Servants,
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              when they are wanted about their Buſineſs,
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              may not be called, as it were, out of another
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              Houſe, but be always ready at Hand. </s>
              <s>Children
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              and Maids, among whom there is an eternal
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              Chattering, ſhould be entirely ſeparated from
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              the Maſter's Apartment, and ſo ſhould the
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              Dirtineſs of the Servants. </s>
              <s>The Apartments
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              where Princes are to eat ſhould be in the no­
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              bleſt Part of the Palace; it ſhould ſtand high,
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              and command a fine Proſpect of Sea, Hills,
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              and wide Views, which gives it an Air of
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              Greatneſs. </s>
              <s>The Houſe for his Spouſe ſhould
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              be entirely ſeparated from that of the Prince
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              her Husband, except only in the laſt Apart­
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              ment or Bed-chamber, which ſhould be in
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              common between both; but then a ſingle Gate,
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              under the Care of the ſame Porter, ſhould
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              ſerve both their Houſes. </s>
              <s>The other Particu­
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              lars wherein the Houſes of Princes differ from
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              thoſe of private Perſons, are ſuch as are in a
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              Manner peculiar to theſe latter; and therefore
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              we ſhall ſpeak of them in their Place. </s>
              <s>The
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              Houſes of Princes agree with one another in an­
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              other Reſpect; which is, that beſides thoſe
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              Conveniencies which they ought to have for
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              their private Uſe, they ſhould have an Entrance
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              from the Maſter Way, and eſpecially from the
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              Sea or River; and inſtead of a Veſtibule, they
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              ſhould have a large open Area, big enough to
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              receive the Train of an Ambaſſador, or any
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              other Great Man, whether they come in
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              Coaches, in Barks, or on Horſeback.</s>
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              <s>CHAP. III.</s>
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              Of the Properties of the Portico, Lobby, Halls, both for Summer and Winter,
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              Watch-Towers, and the Difference between the Caſtle for a Tyrant, and the
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              Palace for a King.
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              <s>I would have the Portico be not only a con­
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              venient Covering for Men, but for Beaſts
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              alſo, to ſhelter them from Sun or Rain. </s>
              <s>Juſt
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              before the Veſtibule nothing can be nobler
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              than a handſome Portico, where the Youth,
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              waiting till their old Gentlemen return from
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              tranſacting Buſineſs with the Prince, may em­
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              ploy themſelves in all Manner of Exerciſe,
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              Leaping, Tennis, Throwing of Stones, or
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              Wreſtling. </s>
              <s>Next within ſhould be a handſome
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              Lobby, or a large Hall; where the Clients
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              waiting for their Patrons, may converſe toge­
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              ther; and where the Prince's Seat may be pre­
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              pared for his giving his Decrees. </s>
              <s>Wherein this
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              there muſt be another Hall, where the principal
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              Men in the State may aſſemble themſelves to­
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              gether in order to ſalute their Prince, and to give
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              their Thoughts concerning whatſoever he queſti­
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              ons them about: Perhaps it may not be amiſs to
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              have two of thoſe, one for Summer and ano­
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              ther for Winter; and in the Contrivance of them,
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              particular Regard muſt be had to the great Age
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              of the Fathers that are to meet in them, that
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              there be no Inconveniencies in them which may
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              any way endanger their Health, and that they
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              may ſtay in them as long as their Buſineſs re­
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              quires, with Safety and Pleaſure. </s>
              <s>We are told
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              by
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              Seneca,
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              that
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              Gracchus
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              firſt, and afterwards
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              Druſus,
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              contrived not to give Audience to
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              every body in the ſame Place, but to make
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              proper Diſtinctions among the Crowd, and to
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              receive ſome in private, others in ſelect Num­
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              bers, and the Reſt in publick, to ſhew which
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              had the firſt, and which only the ſecond Share
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              in their Friendſhip. </s>
              <s>If you are in the ſame
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              high Rank of Fortune, and this Manner of
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              Proceeding either becomes or pleaſes you, the
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              beſt Way will be to have ſeveral Doors to re­
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              ceive your Friends at, by which you may diſ­
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              miſs thoſe that have had Audience, and keep
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              out ſuch as you don't care to grant it to, with­
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              out giving them too much Offence. </s>
              <s>At the
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              Top of the Houſe there ſhould be a high
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              Watch-Tower, from whence you may at any </s>
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