Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 159
evice and workmanship as a Grecian could desire—of the pure Clas-sic, that is, with columns and capitals of mathematical perfection, andwrought up with all of that ancient ornament which is severe without cold-ness, and although abundant, yet does not allow itself that wild exuberanceof lawless… … Silver Furniture of the Time of James II. THE QUEEN ANNE. 155 ample equivalent; and if they cannot be obtained, even by tearing downold houses—there is a regular class of labor for such purposes in England,whose members are called house-breakers—then copies of them are almostas eagerly accepted. It…
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