Holly's Country Seats ; Modern Dwellings1863 - 390페이지 |
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... slate roof . A prejudice has extensively prevailed against stone houses on account of their dampness ; an objection which has not been un- founded , but which is now wholly removed by building the outside walls hollow ; that is , using ...
... slate roof . A prejudice has extensively prevailed against stone houses on account of their dampness ; an objection which has not been un- founded , but which is now wholly removed by building the outside walls hollow ; that is , using ...
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... slate , should resemble it somewhat in color , and the window blinds , when used at all , should be darker even than the window dressings , and should assimilate in color to the general tone of the house . It is always advisable to ...
... slate , should resemble it somewhat in color , and the window blinds , when used at all , should be darker even than the window dressings , and should assimilate in color to the general tone of the house . It is always advisable to ...
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... slate , a material especially harmonious with brick or stone houses . When slate is used , how- ever , sufficient steepness should be obtained to shed the water , while flat roofs should be covered with metal . The main roof here has ...
... slate , a material especially harmonious with brick or stone houses . When slate is used , how- ever , sufficient steepness should be obtained to shed the water , while flat roofs should be covered with metal . The main roof here has ...
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... slate , from the Vermont quarries , with the exception of a small flat or deck on top , which is covered with tin , and used for the purpose of collecting water for the tank in the attic . By reference to the first floor plan , the ...
... slate , from the Vermont quarries , with the exception of a small flat or deck on top , which is covered with tin , and used for the purpose of collecting water for the tank in the attic . By reference to the first floor plan , the ...
129 페이지
... the window frames are of iron , and all the floors of cement , with a strip at the side for securing car- pets . The roof is of slate , while the stairs and inside trimmings are entirely of metal or composition . Thus the building.
... the window frames are of iron , and all the floors of cement , with a strip at the side for securing car- pets . The roof is of slate , while the stairs and inside trimmings are entirely of metal or composition . Thus the building.
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advantage alcove appearance architect architecture arrangement attic Back hall balcony basement Bath Room bay window beautiful bedrooms brick building built butler's pantry ceiling cellar Centennial Grounds cesspool Chamber character chimney color construction cost cottage dining room dining-room domestic doors drawing room dumb waiter dwelling effect entire erected Estimate expense exterior feet fireplace First-floor Plan flue furnace gable give Gothic Gothic architecture ground heat inches J. J. Stevenson kitchen liable light Linen Closet main hall material ment mixed and ready natural obtained occupied ornamental owner paint parlor Paul Schulze perhaps picturesque pipes placed Plan of Design plaster of Paris present principle protection refinement roof sash SECOND FLOOR PLAN second story seems servants serve shade shingles side sideboard simple slate space spacious stained glass Staircase Hall stone style sufficient taste timber tion tower ventilation Veranda Vestibule walls wood
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58 페이지 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
160 페이지 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
73 페이지 - ... esteem. Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. The plainest row of books that cloth or paper ever covered is more significant of refinement than the most elaborately carved etagere or sideboard. Give us a house furnished with books rather than furniture. Both, if you can, but books at any rate...
106 페이지 - A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family ; he cheats them. Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading, and grows upon it...
107 페이지 - A little library growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a young mnn'a history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.
131 페이지 - ... so that the smoke burst out, and the tower itself was cloven to that degree, as to show visibly some broad chinks, whereupon the enemy surrendered.
72 페이지 - WE form judgments of men from little things about their houses, of which the owner, perhaps, never thinks. In earlier years, when travelling in the West, where taverns were scarce, and in some places unknown, and every settler's house was a house of entertainment, it was a matter of some importance and some experience to select wisely where you would put up.
8 페이지 - England from the middle of the eleventh to the end of the twelfth century.
73 페이지 - CHILDREN LEARN TO READ BY BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF BOOKS. THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE COMES WITH READING AND GROWS UPON IT. AND THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE, IN A YOUNG MIND, IS ALMOST A WARRANT AGAINST THE INFERIOR EXCITEMENT OF PASSIONS AND VICES.
106 페이지 - ... chairs, and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind. Is it not pitiable to see a man growing rich, augmenting the comforts of home, and lavishing money on ostentatious upholstery, upon the table, upon everything but what the soul needs? We know of many and many a rich man's house where it would not be safe to ask for the commonest English classics. A few garish annuals on the table, a few pictorial monstrosities, together with the stock religious...