London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 74
Mountain Cottage of Switzerland. 59 … But the winter residence, the Swiss cottage, properlv socalled, is a much more elaborate piece of workmanship. Theprincipal requisite is, of course, strength ; and this is alwaysobservable in the large size of the timbers, and the ingeniousmanner in which they are joined, so as to support and…
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