 | William Smith Porter - 1663 - 196 pages
...; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster ; neither libraries of books, nor pictures, could have...that still remain, exhibit a miserable deficiency." Though the above description was intended for a period before the arrival of our fathers in this country,... | |
 | Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...some great houses were furnished with hang- ' ings, and that hardly so soon as the reign of Edward IV. Neither libraries of books nor pictures, could have...place among furniture. Silver plate was very rare, and scarce ever used for the table. At the house of a rich Venetian trader in St. Botblph's Lane, in the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 pages
...beds was extraordinarily well provided ; few probably had more than two. The wails were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster ; except that some...that still remain exhibit a miserable deficiency.* And this was incomparably greater in private gentlemen's houses than among citizens, and especially... | |
 | History - 1820 - 848 pages
...beds was extraordinarily well provided ; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster ; except that some...that perhaps hardly so soon as the reign of Edward 4th. It is unnecessary to add, that neither libraries of books nor pictures could have found a place... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1826 - 650 pages
...bare, without wainscoat or even CHAP. plaster ; except that some great houses were fur- PART'n nished with hangings, and that perhaps hardly so soon as...that still remain exhibit a miserable deficiency.* And this was incomparably greater in private gentlemen's houses than among citizens, and especially... | |
 | Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - Cooking, English - 1835 - 412 pages
...a gentleman's bouse containing three or four beds was well provided. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot, or even plaster ; except that some...perhaps hardly so soon as the reign of Edward IV. Neither books nor pictures, (as will be recollected from our previous chapter on Education,) could... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1835 - 386 pages
...beds was extraordinarily well provided ; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster; except that some great houses were furnished with hangings, and thai perhaps hardly so soon as the reign of Edward IV. It is unnecessary to add, that neither libraries... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1840 - 396 pages
...well provided ; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot oreven plaster ; except that some great houses were furnished...hangings, and that perhaps hardly so soon as the reign of (t ) Moratorl, Antich. Ilal. Dissert. 25. p. 890. lion to a remote antiquity. Chimneys are still leckman,... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 pages
...beds was extraordinarily well provided ; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster ; except that some great houses were furnished with hangings, and Craven, p. 331. This may, I think, have toute line famillc, et quelquefois a plubeen only an iron stove... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1848 - 570 pages
...beds was extraordinarily well provided ; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster ; except that some great houses were furnished with hangings, ana that perhaps hardly so soon as the reign of Edward IV. It is unnecessary to add, that neither libraries... | |
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... generation be content with their internal accommodations. A gentleman's house containing three or four beds was extraordinarily well provided; few probably had more than two. The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot, or even plaster, except... 
