Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 95
ic force of steam and gas; gunpowder; thecompass; voyages were taken, and geography loomed into sight like theshores of another world; the feudal law gave way before the famous Ro-man law that governs us to-day; printing was invented; the Renais-sance had dawned, and was sweeping forward to its… … Italian Oak Chair, Henri II.; Walnut Credence, Louis XII.; French and Flemish Pottery. Burgundy had been a stronghold of monks and of the false scholasti-cism that concerned itself with phantasms instead of tilings—scholasticismthat died hard, that got the upper hand, indeed, and wasted three…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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