London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 34
English, or,rather, Anglo-Italian; of simple design, and to comprise theEnglish modes of fitting up, with open fireplaces and other re-quisites, so as to give a certain English appearance to the wholedesign: the object being, in this building, to adapt the bestknown English comforts to the climate… … mount, and many that were, to a certain degree, insurmountable.For instance, although the cheerful aspect of an open fireplace wasa desideratum, if, in our country, it has been found insufficient towarm a tolerably sized room, in a climate so cold in winter asthat of Stuttgart the difficulty must…
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