Some or all of these objections will lie against every figure of a cross, in whatever view you take it.

I exemplified them in the Greek cross, in which these faults appear the most strongly; but they appear in some degree in all sorts of crosses.
Indeed, there is nothing more prejudicial to the grandeur of buildings than to abound in angles; a fault obvious in many; and owing to an inordinate thirst for variety, which, whenever it prevails, is sure to leave very little true taste.
SECTION X.
MAGNITUDE IN BUILDING.
To the sublime in building, greatness of dimension seems requisite; for on a few parts, and those small, the imagination cannot rise to any idea of infinity.

No greatness in the manner can effectually compensate for the want of proper dimensions.

There is no danger of drawing men into extravagant designs by this rule; it carries its own caution along with it.

Because too great a length in buildings destroys the purpose of greatness, which it was intended to promote; the perspective will lessen it in height as it gains in length; and will bring it at last to a point; turning the whole figure into a sort of triangle, the poorest in its effect of almost any figure that can be presented to the eye.