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              <pb o="41" file="0491" n="533" rhead="LIVRE V. DE LA DE’CORATION."/>
            Mr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10338" xml:space="preserve">de Chambray étoient ſuperieures aux ſiennes; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10339" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10340" xml:space="preserve">ce quieſt éga-
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            lement à la louange de tous deux, c’eſt que le Cavalier Bernin dit
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            au Roi, que Sa Majeſté auroit pû ſe diſpenſer de le faire venir de ſi
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            loin, puiſqu’il avoit trouvé dans Mr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10341" xml:space="preserve">de Chambray un Maître qu’il
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            ſe feroit honneur de ſuivre, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10342" xml:space="preserve">qu’il n’étoit pas aſſés temeraire pour
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            rien changer à ſon projet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10343" xml:space="preserve">Exemple rare, où la concurrence s’eſt
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            dépoüillée de ſes propres interets pour rendre hommage au vrai
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            mérite; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10344" xml:space="preserve">mais, cela ne doit pas ſurprendre: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10345" xml:space="preserve">les grands Hommes ont
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            toûjours des traits qui marquent leur caractere, au lieu que l’igno-
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            rance croit ſe ſignaler, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10346" xml:space="preserve">trouver de la reſſource, dans les ſentimens
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            de jalouſie qu’elle fait éclater.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10348" xml:space="preserve">Comme il ne reſte aucun ancien Monument de l’Ordre Toſcan
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            qui ſe ſoit trouvé digne de quelque attention, Mr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10349" xml:space="preserve">de Chambray
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            n’en donne point d’exemple; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10350" xml:space="preserve">mais, en récompenſe, on a lieu d’être
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            ſatisfait de ceux qu’il raporte des autres Ordres: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10351" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10352" xml:space="preserve">comme, tout ad-
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            mirables qu’ils ſont, on ne peut les regarder ſans faire quelque
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            choix, puiſqu’il ſe trouve de chaque Ordre en particulier des Pro-
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            fils mieux proportionnés les uns que les autres, je me ſuis attaché
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            à décrire les plus aprouvés dans le rang qui leur convenoit relati-
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            vement à celui que Vignole donne aux ſiens.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10354" xml:space="preserve">Si l’on conſidere la Planche 43. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10355" xml:space="preserve">l’on verra qu’elle repreſente un
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                <emph style="sc">Planch</emph>
              .
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              43.</note>
            Chapiteau & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10356" xml:space="preserve">un Entablement Dorique tirés des Termes de Diocle-
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            tien. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10357" xml:space="preserve">Ce morceau eſt regardé comme un des plus excellens de tous
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            les ouvrages antiques de cet Ordre, ſa compoſition eſt noble & </s>
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            réguliere, les ornemens ſont apliqués avec goût ſur chaque mem-
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            bre, en enrichiſſant les uns ſans bleſſer les autres.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10360" xml:space="preserve">Comme la Colomne ne ſubſiſte plus en entier, on ne peut juger
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            poſitivement des proportions generales qu’on y a ſuivi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10361" xml:space="preserve">cependant,
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            l’on remarque que l’entablement eſt de 4 modules; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10362" xml:space="preserve">ce qui fait pré-
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            ſumer que la Colomne en avoit 16, parceque les Anciens ont preſ-
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            que toûjours donné à la hauteur de l’Entablement le quart de la
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            Colomne: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10363" xml:space="preserve">quant à ſa Baſe, Mr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10364" xml:space="preserve">de Chambray ne la raporte point,
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            parce qu’aparamment il n’en paroit plus, la barbarie de certains
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            ſiécles ayant tellement défiguré la plupart des anciens Monumens,
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            que ce n’eſt qu’avec bien de la peine qu’on en a tiré quelque mor-
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            ceau entier.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10366" xml:space="preserve">La 44
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            . </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10367" xml:space="preserve">Planche repréſente un Profil Ionique qui peut paſſer pour
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                <emph style="sc">Planch</emph>
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              44.</note>
            l’ouvrage le plus parfait qui nous ſoit reſté des Anciens. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10368" xml:space="preserve">Mr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10369" xml:space="preserve">de Cham-
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            bray le regarde comme le Chef-d’œuvre de la plus haute Perfec-
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            tion. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10370" xml:space="preserve">Palladio, qui l’a auſſi raporté dans le treiziéme Chapitre de
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            ſon quatriéme Livre, ne peut lui donner trop d’éloge; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10371" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10372" xml:space="preserve">quand on </s>
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