uniformity

Example Sentences

• "The buildings are all of brick, of a goodly heigth, and an excellent vniformity in moſt of the ſtreets, the toppes riſing vvith battlements."
• "It remaines, that I collect as vvell as I can, thoſe memorials vvhich I find of this expedition ſcattered in diuers places: a vvorke neceſſarie, for that the greatneſſe of this action vvas ſuch, as ought not to bee omitted in a generall Hiſtorie; yet not eaſie, the conſent of thoſe that haue vvritten thereof, being nothing neare to vniformitie."
• "Houſes are built to Liue in, and not to Looke on: Therefore let Vſe bee preferred before Vniformitie; Except vvhere both may be had."
• "[T]his diſtinction of Honour vvill bring forth a ſeemly and gracefull Uniformity over all the Kingdome."
• "Uniformity alſo much pleaſeth the eye; and 'tis obſerved that free-ſtone, like a fair complexion, ſooneſt vvaxeth old, vvhileſt brick keeps her beauty longeſt."
• "Steeples, &c. have generally been varied from the cone, to take off from their too great ſimplicity, and inſtead of their circular baſes, polygons of different, but even numbers of ſides, have been ſubſtituted, I ſuppoſe for the ſake of uniformity. […] Yet, in my mind, odd numbers have the advantage over the even ones, as varieth is more pleaſing than uniformity, vvhere the ſame end is anſvver'd by both; […]"